Crime Statistics for Shelton Lock, Derby, City of Derby, 2024

There were a total of 124 street level crime incidents in Shelton Lock in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Shelton Lock, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	52
Anti Social Behaviour	16
Shoplifting	12
Public Order	9
Other Theft	8
Vehicle Crime	7
Criminal Damage Arson	7
Burglary	4
Drugs	3
Possession Of Weapons	3
Other Crime	3
All Crime	124

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Shelton Lock. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Shelton Lock

We've taken the ten nearest places to Shelton Lock and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Shelton Lock has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Crewton (1.24 miles)	414
Pear Tree (1.75 miles)	413
Alvaston (1.39 miles)	369
Boulton (0.88 miles)	289
Boulton Moor (0.88 miles)	289
Allenton (0.88 miles)	208
Shelton Lock	124
Chellaston (0.62 miles)	78
Thulston (1.86 miles)	48
Barrow upon Trent (2.24 miles)	6

Where are the most violent places near Shelton Lock?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Shelton Lock and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Pear Tree	190
Crewton	189
Alvaston	163
Boulton	123
Boulton Moor	123
Allenton	76
Shelton Lock	52
Chellaston	30
Thulston	22
Barrow upon Trent	1

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Shelton Lock?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Shelton Lock to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Shelton Lock compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Shelton Lock and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Shelton Lock is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Arboretum	81
2	Normanton	66
3	Boulton	65
4	Alvaston	63
5	Sinfin	56
6	Aston	44
7	Chaddesden	39
8	Stenson	38
9	Chellaston	32
10	Blagreaves	21
11	Willington and Findern	18

Which road in Shelton Lock has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Shelton Lock with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Buttonoak Drive.