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

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Spondon in September 2024. There were a total of 128 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Burglary.

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	41
Burglary	21
Criminal Damage Arson	12
Shoplifting	12
Anti Social Behaviour	11
Vehicle Crime	9
Other Theft	8
Public Order	6
Possession Of Weapons	3
Other Crime	3
Robbery	1
Drugs	1
All Crime	128

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 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
Alvaston (1.76 miles)	626
Crewton (2.24 miles)	416
Oakwood (2.24 miles)	230
Cherrytree Hill (1.39 miles)	203
Spondon	128
Moravian Settlement (1.24 miles)	114
Ockbrook (1.39 miles)	59
Borrowash (1.39 miles)	59
The Flourish (2.24 miles)	6
Ambaston (2.24 miles)	4

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
Alvaston	240
Crewton	163
Oakwood	159
Cherrytree Hill	75
Moravian Settlement	47
Spondon	41
Borrowash	33
Ockbrook	28
The Flourish	3
Ambaston	0

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 this marker.