Total Crime Rate
52.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Burton Road area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Abbey , and the 258th 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 Burton Road (DE23 6AB) in the last 12 months was 52.1 per 1,000 residents and was 81.4% 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 29.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Burton Road (DE23 6AB), the main crime hotspot is near Lower Eley Street. Police recorded 184 crimes here, including 112 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Derby| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lower Eley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arbor Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Carmel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Carmel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mount Carmel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mount Carmel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Carmel Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gordon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gordon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gordon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Byron Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Byron Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Byron Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Byron Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arbor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Howard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arbor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arbor Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arbor Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arbor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arbor Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gordon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cromwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cromwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cromwell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Breedon Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Breedon Hill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Carmel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Howard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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