Total Crime Rate
260.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
68.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chapel Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Spondon , and the 87th highest crime rate of 750 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 Chapel Street (DE21 7JP) in the last 12 months was 260.7 per 1,000 residents and was 242.8% higher than the Spondon average (76.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 68.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chapel Street (DE21 7JP), 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 | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Courtyard Place | Under investigation |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Sitwell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sitwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brockley | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Poplar Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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