Total Crime Rate

272.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 272.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 160.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 56.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.7 9/10
  • Public order 14.9 9/10
  • Robbery 11.2 9/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Other theft 3.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Briar Close area has the 9th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Chaddesden East , and the 78th highest crime rate of 756 local areas in Derby .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Briar Close (DE21 6ZD) in the last 12 months was 272.4 per 1,000 residents and was 95.0% higher than the Chaddesden East average (139.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 95.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 186.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 78.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 758.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Briar Close (DE21 6ZD), the main crime hotspot is near Pine Close. Police recorded 52 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Briar Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kildare Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kraft Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Aspen Drive —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eardley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eardley Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coleraine Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pine Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meath Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meath Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Meath Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Meath Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Galway Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Galway Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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