Total Crime Rate

97.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

66.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 97.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 66.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.7 7/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.3 6/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Willowcroft Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Spondon , and the 311th highest crime rate of 750 local areas in Derby .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Willowcroft Road (DE21 7FP) in the last 12 months was 97.5 per 1,000 residents and was 28.2% higher 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 26.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 66.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Willowcroft Road (DE21 7FP), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Willowcroft Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (23/23)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Cambridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sitwell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Sitwell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sitwell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Kirk Leys Avenue South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Kirk Leys Avenue South Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Kirk Leys Avenue South Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sitwell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cambridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cambridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Borrowash By-Pass —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Borrowash By-Pass —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Grayburn Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour A6005 —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grayburn Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grayburn Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Poplar Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cambridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Willowside Green —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cambridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Gilbert Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sitwell Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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