Total Crime Rate

217.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 217.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 112.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.2 8/10
  • Other theft 20.4 10/10
  • Burglary 6.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Gosforth Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Alvaston North , and the 112th 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 Gosforth Road (DE24 8HU) in the last 12 months was 217.7 per 1,000 residents and was 21.6% higher than the Alvaston North average (179.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 119.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gosforth Road (DE24 8HU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pontefract Street, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Collis Close (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gosforth Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pontefract Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Allestree Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Damson Grove —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Tayberry Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Tayberry Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Tayberry Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Tayberry Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tayberry Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Pontefract Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Damson Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pontefract Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pontefract Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pontefract Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Marsden Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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