Total Crime Rate

212.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

138.3 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 212.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 138.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 92.2 10/10
  • Public order 43.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.4 9/10
  • Other theft 11.5 8/10
  • Drugs 9.2 8/10
  • Burglary 4.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

St Thomas Road area has the 36th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Abbey , and the 119th highest crime rate of 750 local areas in Derby .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around St Thomas Road (DE23 8SY) in the last 12 months was 212.0 per 1,000 residents and was 24.3% 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 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 138.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 39.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Thomas Road (DE23 8SY), the main crime hotspot is near Balaclava Road. Police recorded 73 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in St Thomas Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/69)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Joseph Street —
Apr 2026Public order Goodale Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bethulie Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Joseph Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Dorrien Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dorrien Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Joseph Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Joseph Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Goodale Street —
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Goodale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Newdigate Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newdigate Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bethulie Road —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Goodale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Goodale Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Goodale Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Goodale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Joseph Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Havelock Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Middleton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Middleton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Middleton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Goodale Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Goodale Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Havelock Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Havelock Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Chatham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Havelock Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chatham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chatham Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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