Total Crime Rate
178.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
93.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Varley Street area has the 24th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Alvaston North , and the 150th 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 Varley Street (DE24 8DF) in the last 12 months was 178.1 per 1,000 residents and was 0.6% higher than the Alvaston North average (177.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 93.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Varley Street (DE24 8DF), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 116 crimes here, including 49 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 | Drugs | Buchan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Whitehurst Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lord Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Thirsk Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whitehurst Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehurst Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehurst Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehurst Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehurst Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fenwick Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buchan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buchan Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buchan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buchan Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buchan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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