Total Crime Rate
171.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
109.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Caxton Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Blagreaves , and the 162nd 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 Caxton Street (DE23 1RB) in the last 12 months was 171.0 per 1,000 residents and was 127.5% higher than the Blagreaves average (75.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 109.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 24.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Caxton Street (DE23 1RB), the main crime hotspot is near Cuttlebrook Close. Police recorded 72 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Derby| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Masefield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Kendon Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cuttlebrook Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cuttlebrook Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Coleridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cuttlebrook Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Staunton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Staunton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kendon Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cuttlebrook Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kendon Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kendon Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Underhill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coleridge Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coleridge Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cuttlebrook Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cuttlebrook Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cuttlebrook Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cuttlebrook Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Brookfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wellesley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bradgate Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Street | Under investigation |
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