Total Crime Rate

148.2 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 148.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 88.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.3 7/10
  • Public order 9.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.3 7/10
  • Burglary 4.6 5/10
  • Other theft 4.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Sinfin Avenue area has the 6th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Chellaston & Shelton Lock , and the 200th 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 Sinfin Avenue (DE24 9QA) in the last 12 months was 148.2 per 1,000 residents and was 96.9% higher than the Chellaston & Shelton Lock average (75.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 32.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sinfin Avenue (DE24 9QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Whitehouse Close, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Somersal Close (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sinfin Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Scarcliffe Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Denarth Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cantley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hickling Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wroxham Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Denarth Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wroxham Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weston Park Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Weston Park Gardens

Data Sources

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