Total Crime Rate
80.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
54.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fairfax 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.
View Crime In Derby| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Thorn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Dale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meynell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Howard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Howard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fairfax Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfax Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Fairfax Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Empress Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Empress Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Empress Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Dale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stone Hill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Breedon Hill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Breedon Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Lower Dale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cromwell 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 | Cromwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cromwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cromwell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woolrych Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woolrych Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Woolrych Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woolrych Street | Under investigation |
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