Total Crime Rate
327.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Waverley Terrace area has the 24th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Abbey , and the 58th highest crime rate of 756 local areas in Derby .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Waverley Terrace (DE23 6SQ) in the last 12 months was 327.0 per 1,000 residents and was 28.5% higher than the Abbey average (254.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 61 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 65 (≈ 123.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Waverley Terrace (DE23 6SQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 458 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Charlotte Street (181 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Abbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Eley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Harriet Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Lower Eley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Eley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Eley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Eley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Eley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Eley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Eley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Eley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Salisbury Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Harriet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lower Eley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Harriet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Holmes Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Holmes Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Holmes Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Holmes Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Holmes Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Holmes Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Whiston Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lower Eley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lower Eley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Howard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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