Total Crime Rate

7.8 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

7.8 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 7.8 1/10
  • Violent crimes 7.8 2/10
  • Public order 3.9 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 2.0 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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 lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Abbey , and the 18th lowest crime rate of 750 local areas in Derby .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lower Dale Road (DE23 6XB) in the last 12 months was 7.8 per 1,000 residents and was 97.2% lower than the Abbey average (280.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 7.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -97.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Dale Road (DE23 6XB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Porter Road, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ashe Place (36 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 2026Public order Howard Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Byron Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Woolrych Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thorn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Thorn Street Under investigation
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 2026Violence and sexual offences Willn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Willn Street
Apr 2026Other crime Byron Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Byron Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woolrych Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cromwell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Cromwell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Cromwell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cromwell Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Young Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Breedon Hill Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Breedon Hill Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Stone Hill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Fairfax Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Woolrych Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woolrych Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Fairfax Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Dale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Howard Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Scott Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Scott Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Scott Street

Data Sources

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