Total Crime Rate
540.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
124.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Derby Road area has the highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Spondon , and the 27th 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 Derby Road (DE21 7LU) in the last 12 months was 540.9 per 1,000 residents and was 611.3% 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 58 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 124.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Derby Road (DE21 7LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 92 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pine Close (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Spondon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Enoch Stone Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pine Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pine Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pine Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pine Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Enoch Stone Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Springfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pine Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Derby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pine Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Enoch Stone Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleraine Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coleraine Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meath Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleraine Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Albert Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Albert Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Briar Close | — |
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