Total Crime Rate
669.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
143.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hawkshead Avenue area has the highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Chaddesden North , and the 19th highest crime rate of 750 local areas in Derby .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hawkshead Avenue (DE21 4EA) in the last 12 months was 669.7 per 1,000 residents and was 500.8% higher than the Chaddesden North average (111.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 81 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 143.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hawkshead Avenue (DE21 4EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Skipton Green (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Derby| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Retford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langdale Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Millom Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lytham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lime Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Harrogate Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Coniston Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coniston Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morpeth Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morpeth Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morpeth Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Staithes Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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