Total Crime Rate
74.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hill Close area has the 18th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Spondon , and the 357th lowest crime rate of 750 local areas in Derby .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hill Close (DE21 7DE) in the last 12 months was 74.9 per 1,000 residents and was 1.5% lower than the Spondon average (76.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 41.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hill Close (DE21 7DE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kirk Leys Avenue South (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Spondon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sitwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brockley | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Courtyard Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Covert | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Kirk Leys Avenue South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kirk Leys Avenue South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kirk Leys Avenue South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Park Leys Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sitwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sitwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sitwell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Poplar Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sitwell Street | Under investigation |
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