Total Crime Rate

96.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

54.2 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 96.1 8/10
  • Violent crimes 54.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.4 6/10
  • Other theft 7.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.4 7/10
  • Burglary 4.9 5/10
  • Public order 4.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Empress Road area has the 39th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Abbey , and the 319th 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 Empress Road (DE23 6TE) in the last 12 months was 96.1 per 1,000 residents and was 65.7% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 54.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Empress Road (DE23 6TE), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Empress Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/81)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Woods Lane Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Eley Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Eley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Eley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Eley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Breedon Hill Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Breedon Hill Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woods Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Woods Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Woods Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Eley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Eley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Eley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Lower Eley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Northumberland Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Northumberland Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fairdene Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Farm Street —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Lower Dale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Stone Hill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Eley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Eley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Empress Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Lower Eley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mount Carmel Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mount Carmel Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Mount Carmel Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Mount Carmel Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mount Carmel Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lower Eley Street —
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Data Sources

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