Total Crime Rate
53.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bedford Street area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Abbey , and the 269th 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 Bedford Street (DE22 3PF) in the last 12 months was 53.9 per 1,000 residents and was 80.8% lower than the Abbey average (280.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -46.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 24.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bedford Street (DE22 3PF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Amy Street, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cathedral View (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Derby| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Amy Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crosby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crosby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crosby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stockbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Stockbrook Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bedford Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bedford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bedford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Amy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Amy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cathedral View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Radcliffe Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moss Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Moss Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lonsdale Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lonsdale Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lonsdale Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moss Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crosby Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radcliffe Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radcliffe Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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