Total Crime Rate
192.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Thorness Close area has the 5th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Alvaston South , and the 130th highest crime rate of 756 local areas in Derby .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Thorness Close (DE24 0UY) in the last 12 months was 192.0 per 1,000 residents and was 76.2% higher than the Alvaston South average (108.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 102.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 93.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thorness Close (DE24 0UY), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 77 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Alvaston South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Falmouth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shalfleet Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Luccombe Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shalfleet Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bonchurch Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Whitwell Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Coronation Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Coronation Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Whitwell Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coronation Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Whitwell Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitwell Gardens | Under investigation |
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