Crime Rates in Derby City Centre (DE1)
Crime statistics for DE1 from official Police UK data: the latest month's recorded crimes within a mile, broken down by category.
How safe is Derby City Centre (DE1)?
In August 2026, Police UK recorded 1,259 crimes within 1 mile of the DE1 centre, against 1,134 around DE99, 274 around DE22, 465 around DE23, 225 around DE21 on the same measure.
Which types of crime are most reported in DE1?
In August 2026, the categories recorded most within a mile of the DE1 centre were Violent crime (434), Anti-social behaviour (211) and Public order (147), out of 1,259 crimes in all. The checker above breaks any full DE1 postcode down the same way.
How do I check crime rates for a specific street in DE1?
Enter a full DE1 postcode into the checker above to see crimes recorded within about a mile in the latest month Police.uk has published, taken directly from its street-level data. Where a force's feed to Police.uk is known to be incomplete, the checker says so instead of printing a count.
DE1 at a glance
1,259 crimes were recorded within 1 mile of the DE1 centre in August 2026, the latest month Police UK has published. The most recorded category was violent crime, at 34% of the total.
- Recorded crimes, 1 mile, August 2026
- 1,259
- Most recorded category
- Violent crime (34%)
- Categories recorded
- 8+
- Police neighbourhood at the centre
- Derby City
| Category | Crimes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 434 | 34% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 211 | 17% |
| Public order | 147 | 12% |
| Shoplifting | 133 | 11% |
| Drugs | 80 | 6% |
| Criminal damage arson | 72 | 6% |
| Other theft | 68 | 5% |
| Burglary | 25 | 2% |
| All other categories | 89 | 7% |
Source: Police UK street-level crime data (data.police.uk, Open Government Licence), August 2026: crimes recorded within a 1-mile radius of the DE1 centroid. Police UK moves each crime to a nearby anonymised point, so counts near the edge of the mile are approximate.
How DE1 compares with its nearest outcodes
| Outcode | Crimes within 1 mile of the centre, August 2026 | Most recorded category | Distance between centres |
|---|---|---|---|
| Derby City Centre (DE1) | 1,259 | Violent crime (34%) | — |
| DE99 | 1,134 | Violent crime (36%) | 1.1km |
| DE22 | 274 | Violent crime (32%) | 2.1km |
| DE23 | 465 | Violent crime (48%) | 2.8km |
| DE21 | 225 | Violent crime (43%) | 3.3km |
Neighbours are the outcodes nearest DE1, by straight-line distance between outcode centres (postcodes.io), for which Police UK published a complete count for the same month.
A count within a fixed 1-mile circle, not a rate per resident: a busy centre with few residents records more crime than a residential area of the same size, and neighbouring circles overlap.
Source: Police UK street-level crime data (data.police.uk, Open Government Licence), August 2026: crimes recorded within a 1-mile radius of each outcode centroid. Forces whose Police UK feed is incomplete are left out rather than printed low.
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