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

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Litchurch in September 2024. There were a total of 1774 incidents. 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 Litchurch, 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	630
Anti Social Behaviour	244
Public Order	212
Shoplifting	166
Other Theft	134
Drugs	92
Criminal Damage Arson	76
Other Crime	46
Burglary	40
Vehicle Crime	36
Robbery	28
Bicycle Theft	26
Possession Of Weapons	22
Theft From The Person	22
All Crime	1774

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Litchurch	1705
Markeaton Brook (1.11 miles)	1136
Little Chester (1.39 miles)	915
Pear Tree (1.39 miles)	655
Alvaston (1.75 miles)	626
St Luke’s (1.86 miles)	456
Crewton (1.39 miles)	416
Breadsall Hilltop (1.86 miles)	307
Allenton (1.86 miles)	254
Cherrytree Hill (1.39 miles)	203

Where are the most violent places near Litchurch?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Litchurch	630
Markeaton Brook	394
Little Chester	323
Pear Tree	308
St Luke’s	257
Alvaston	240
Crewton	163
Breadsall Hilltop	112
Allenton	101
Cherrytree Hill	75

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

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 Litchurch 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 Litchurch compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Litchurch and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Residents in Litchurch have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Chellaston.

#	Ward	Score
1	Arboretum	81
2	Abbey	67
3	Normanton	66
4	Boulton	65
5	Darley	63
6	Alvaston	63
7	Mackworth	61
8	Sinfin	56
9	Derwent	53
10	Chaddesden	39
11	Chellaston	32

Which road in Litchurch has the highest level of crime?

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