Total Crime Rate
22.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
22.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Queensway area has the lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Pilsley & Morton , and the 62nd lowest crime rate of 360 local areas in North East Derbyshire .
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 Queensway (DE55 6LE) in the last 12 months was 22.0 per 1,000 residents and was 55.2% lower than the Pilsley & Morton average (49.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 22.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queensway (DE55 6LE), the main crime hotspot is near Wesley Road. Police recorded 13 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Shirland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkinstyle Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wesley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Bungalows | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Birkinstyle Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wesley Road | Under investigation |
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