Total Crime Rate
56.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Crewe Street area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Abbey , and the 284th 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 Crewe Street (DE23 8QP) in the last 12 months was 56.7 per 1,000 residents and was 79.8% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 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 21 (≈ 38.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Crewe Street (DE23 8QP), the main crime hotspot is near Charlotte Street. Police recorded 308 crimes here, including 157 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Derby| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Violet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Charlotte Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Charlotte Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Charlotte Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Charlotte Street | — |
| 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 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scott Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Charlotte Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Charlotte Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairdene | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Charlotte Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Charlotte Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Charlotte Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Dale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Dale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Lower Dale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Charlotte Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Charlotte Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Charlotte Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Charlotte Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Charlotte Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Charlotte Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Duncan Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Middleton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crewe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Havelock Road | — |
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