Total Crime Rate
7.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lower 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.
View Crime In Derby| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Howard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Byron Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woolrych Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Thorn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Willn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Byron Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Byron Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woolrych Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cromwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cromwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cromwell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Young Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Breedon Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Breedon Hill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stone Hill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Fairfax Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Woolrych Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woolrych Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fairfax Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Dale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Howard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Scott Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Scott Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scott Street | — |
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