Crime in Derby district: statistics, rates and trends

Violence and sexual offences (15,106), anti-social behaviour (4,597) and public order (3,424) made up 63% of all recorded crime. Its crime rate ranks 30th of the 302 districts covered by this site (1 = highest), in the highest tenth.

Recorded crime in Derby district peaked in the year to August 2021 (42,382 crimes) and was lowest in the year to August 2018 (34,595). Between the years to August 2018 and 2026 it rose 6%, while across England and Wales it fell 4%.

Month by month

Compared with England and Wales, Derby district recorded notably more drugs (2.2 times the national rate), public order (87% above the national rate) and possession of weapons (74% above the national rate), and notably less theft from the person (32% below). On the year before, drugs rose from 1,450 to 1,980 and robbery rose from 352 to 434.

What each category covers: crime categories.

30,570 crimes, excluding fraud, were recorded by the police in Derby district in the year ending March 2026, according to the Home Office's police recorded crime statistics. That is 111.5 per 1,000 residents, higher than the England and Wales rate of 83.2. Among the 272 districts of England and Wales with a figure for that year, Derby district had the 24th highest rate (the street-level ranking above is among the 302 districts with street-level pages on this site, over the 12 months to August 2026).

No change on the year or longer series is given for Derby district: comparable figures start in the year ending March 2026, because too many of the force's crimes in the year ending March 2025 were not assigned to a district.

Offences recorded in Derby district, the year ending March 2026

The largest category was violence without injury, with 5,050 offences (17% of the total). Relative to England and Wales, rates were highest for possession of drugs (1.9 times the national rate), public order offences (1.8 times the national rate) and possession of weapons (1.6 times the national rate). Rates were lowest relative to the national rate for theft from the person (0.63 times) and arson (0.71 times).

Districts in the Derbyshire Police area, the year ending March 2026

Of the 9 districts in the Derbyshire Police area with a figure for the year ending March 2026, Derby district had the highest rate.

Source: Home Office police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables (released 23 July 2026), gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Financial years, excluding fraud; how they differ from the street-level figures: methodology.

1 of the 8 nearest districts have a higher crime rate than Derby district; the highest is Nottingham district (157.2 per 1,000) and the lowest South Derbyshire (61.7).

Of the 19 areas within Derby district, Darley had the highest crime rate (328.8 per 1,000) and Allestree the lowest (35.4), 9 times apart.

The 10 locations below account for 21% of the crime recorded in Derby district over the 12 months to August 2026; the most were recorded at “Supermarket” (1,913).

Of the 32,057 crimes in Derby district with a recorded outcome, 28% ended with the investigation complete and no suspect identified, against 35% across England and Wales; 6.3% were awaiting a court outcome (England and Wales: 5.2%). The 4,597 anti-social behaviour reports have no outcome and are left out.

Derby district has an estimated population of 274,149 (ONS, mid-2024). On the Census 2021 measures below it is close to England and Wales as a whole. On the England IoD 2025, the small areas (LSOAs) that make up Derby district average decile 4.5 (1 = most deprived), close to the middle.

Police-recorded crime from data.police.uk (September 2017 to August 2026), ONS population estimates and Census 2021. Definitions and limitations: methodology.