Total Crime Rate

80.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

54.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 80.8 7/10
  • Violent crimes 54.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.9 8/10
  • Other crime 8.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.4 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.4 4/10
  • Other theft 4.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.4 7/10
  • Public order 4.4 4/10
  • Theft from the person 2.2 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Fairfax Road area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Abbey , and the 374th highest crime rate of 750 local areas in Derby .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Fairfax Road (DE23 6RX) in the last 12 months was 80.8 per 1,000 residents and was 71.2% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 54.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fairfax Road (DE23 6RX), the main crime hotspot is near Porter Road. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Fairfax Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Thorn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Dale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Meynell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Howard Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Howard Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Fairfax Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fairfax Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Fairfax Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thorn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Empress Road
Apr 2026Public order Empress Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Empress Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Dale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Stone Hill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Breedon Hill Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Breedon Hill Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Lower Dale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarence Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Cromwell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Byron Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Byron Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Byron Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Byron Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cromwell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Cromwell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cromwell Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woolrych Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Woolrych Street
Apr 2026Public order Woolrych Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woolrych Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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