Total Crime Rate
4.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Meynell Street area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Abbey , and the 8th lowest crime rate of 756 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 Meynell Street (DE23 6NJ) in the last 12 months was 4.4 per 1,000 residents and was 98.3% lower than the Abbey average (254.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Bicycle theft with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -92.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Meynell Street (DE23 6NJ), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 78 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Abbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Scott Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfax Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashe Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Almond Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Birdwood Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfax Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfax Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ashe Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfax Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfax Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Fairfax Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Vincent Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Scott Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashe Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Young Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Almond Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Augustine Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Dale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Woolrych Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Woolrych Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Woolrych Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Woolrych Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Augustine Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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