Total Crime Rate
75.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grantham Avenue area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Chaddesden North , and the 361st lowest crime rate of 750 local areas in Derby .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Grantham Avenue (DE21 4FH) in the last 12 months was 75.7 per 1,000 residents and was 32.1% lower than the Chaddesden North average (111.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 43.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grantham Avenue (DE21 4FH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Barnard Road, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Camborne Close (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chaddesden North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morpeth Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Barnard Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Malvern Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Penrith Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Penrith Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fieldsway Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Applemead Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hornsea Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hornsea Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Welshpool Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Welshpool Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Applemead Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Applemead Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morpeth Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morpeth Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fieldsway Drive | Under investigation |
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