Total Crime Rate
143.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
75.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Shakespeare Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Sinfin & Osmaston , and the 203rd 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 Shakespeare Street (DE24 9HD) in the last 12 months was 143.8 per 1,000 residents and was 4.6% higher than the Sinfin & Osmaston average (137.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 75.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shakespeare Street (DE24 9HD), the main crime hotspot is near Shelley Drive. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 28 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlyle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsley Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cowper Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cowper Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shelley Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlyle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sinfin Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlyle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsley Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shakespeare Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlyle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlyle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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