Total Crime Rate

100.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 100.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.1 6/10
  • Public order 16.1 9/10
  • Other theft 12.1 8/10
  • Shoplifting 8.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.0 3/10
  • Theft from the person 4.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Birchover Way area has the 5th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Allestree , and the 308th highest crime rate of 756 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 Birchover Way (DE22 2QH) in the last 12 months was 100.4 per 1,000 residents and was 134.6% higher than the Allestree average (42.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Shoplifting ( -77.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 44.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 450.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birchover Way (DE22 2QH), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Birchover Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norbury Close
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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