Total Crime Rate
87.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Boulton Lane area has the 18th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Alvaston South , and the 339th highest crime rate of 750 local areas in Derby .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Boulton Lane (DE24 0BA) in the last 12 months was 87.0 per 1,000 residents and was 24.7% lower than the Alvaston South average (115.4 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 Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 56.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Boulton Lane (DE24 0BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Holtlands Drive, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Boulton Lane (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Derby| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holtlands Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bracken'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thanet Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorhead Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holloway Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dartford Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boulton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Boulton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Holtlands Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brackens Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anthony Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Boulton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bracken'S Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tilbury Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bracknell Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bracken'S Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tilbury Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crawley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crawley Road | Local resolution |
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