Total Crime Rate
32.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sitwell Street area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Spondon , and the 160th 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 Sitwell Street (DE21 7FE) in the last 12 months was 32.8 per 1,000 residents and was 56.9% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 16.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sitwell Street (DE21 7FE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Spondon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sitwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sitwell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Borrowash By-Pass | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sitwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sitwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sitwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Borrowash By-Pass | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gilbert Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Poplar Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beeches Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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