Crime in Derby
Thinking about Derby? This is the recent street-level crime recorded around the centre of Derby, Derbyshire, straight from the police and grouped by category.
Counts show where crimes were recorded, not how likely you are to be affected — a busy city centre always shows more than the quieter streets around it. To check a specific area, run its postcode through the crime checker. Comparing nearby? Try nottingham, sheffield, birmingham too.
Last updated: August 2026
Recorded crime near Derby centre
1,190crimes recorded in September 2026
- Violence & sexual offences 415
- Anti-social behaviour 173
- Public order 138
- Shoplifting 137
- 10 other categories 327
Every category
- Violence & sexual offences415
- Anti-social behaviour173
- Public order138
- Shoplifting137
- Drugs91
- Criminal damage & arson73
- Other theft53
- Vehicle crime26
- Robbery22
- Burglary19
- Possession of weapons15
- Bicycle theft12
- Theft from the person8
- Other crime8
This is the recorded crime around the centre of Derby. For a specific neighbourhood, open the crime checker and enter the postcode to centre the results there — with how to read the numbers and where the data comes from.
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Common questions
- Is Derby a safe place to live?
- No single number answers that. The figures here show recorded crime near the centre of Derby for the latest month available. For the areas you're actually considering, compare a few specific postcodes in the crime checker.
- Why is the Derby crime data a couple of months old?
- Police forces publish to data.police.uk about two to three months in arrears, and it updates monthly, so the latest full month is always slightly behind. We label the month shown.
- Does this cover the whole of Derby?
- It's the crime recorded within about a mile of the centre of Derby. For a specific neighbourhood, enter its postcode in the crime checker to centre the results there.