Total Crime Rate

176.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

99.5 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 176.6 9/10
  • Violent crimes 99.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 77.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.9 8/10
  • Public order 19.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.9 8/10
  • Other theft 12.4 8/10
  • Burglary 10.0 8/10
  • Drugs 10.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.5 2/10
  • Other crime 2.5 2/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Brighton Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Alvaston North , and the 152nd highest crime rate of 750 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 Brighton Road (DE24 8SY) in the last 12 months was 176.6 per 1,000 residents and was 0.3% lower 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 31 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 Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 99.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brighton Road (DE24 8SY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Commerce Street, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Murray Street (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Brighton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Allestree Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Commerce Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Commerce Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Commerce Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Chambers Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Chambers Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Commerce Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Commerce Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Commerce Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Allestree Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Commerce Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Commerce Street
Apr 2026Other crime Murray Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Murray Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Murray Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Murray Street
Apr 2026Other crime Allestree Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Commerce Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Allestree Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Avon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Allestree Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Avon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mosedale Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Avon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mosedale Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Burnaby Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Allestree Street

Data Sources

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