Crime Statistics for Spondon, Derby, City of Derby, 2024

There were a total of 97 street level crime incidents in Spondon in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Spondon, 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	39
Shoplifting	14
Anti Social Behaviour	8
Other Theft	7
Criminal Damage Arson	7
Burglary	6
Public Order	6
Possession Of Weapons	3
Vehicle Crime	2
Drugs	2
Other Crime	2
Robbery	1
All Crime	97

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Spondon. 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 Spondon

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Crewton (2.24 miles)	342
Alvaston (1.76 miles)	303
Oakwood (2.24 miles)	230
Cherrytree Hill (1.39 miles)	175
Spondon	97
Ockbrook (1.39 miles)	33
Moravian Settlement (1.24 miles)	27
Borrowash (1.39 miles)	19
The Flourish (2.24 miles)	4
Ambaston (2.24 miles)	3

Where are the most violent places near Spondon?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Crewton	139
Alvaston	117
Oakwood	83
Cherrytree Hill	56
Spondon	39
Ockbrook	14
Moravian Settlement	14
Borrowash	11
The Flourish	1
Ambaston	1

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

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 Spondon 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 Spondon compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Arboretum	81
2	Boulton	65
3	Alvaston	63
4	Derwent	53
5	Chaddesden	39
6	Chellaston	32
7	Draycott & Risley	30
8	Ockbrook & Borrowash	23
9	Spondon	20
10	Oakwood	18
11	West Hallam & Dale Abbey	11

Which road in Spondon has the highest level of crime?

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