Total Crime Rate

111.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

75.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 111.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 75.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.9 8/10
  • Public order 6.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.0 3/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Burglary 2.0 1/10
  • Other theft 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Lower Dale Road area has the 46th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Abbey , and the 262nd highest crime rate of 750 local areas in Derby .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lower Dale Road (DE23 6XA) in the last 12 months was 111.6 per 1,000 residents and was 60.2% 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 75.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Dale Road (DE23 6XA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Porter Road, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Byron Street (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lower Dale Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gordon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Thorn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gordon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Upper Dale Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woolrych Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woolrych Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woolrych Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woolrych Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Woolrych Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Woolrych Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thorn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Willn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Upper Dale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Willn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Willn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Willn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Willn Street
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 2026Violence and sexual offences Upper Dale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Upper Dale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cromwell Road
Apr 2026Other crime Howard Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gordon Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gordon Road
Apr 2026Public order Darby Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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