Total Crime Rate
83.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Harpur Avenue area has the 26th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Blagreaves , and the 363rd highest crime rate of 750 local areas in Derby .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Harpur Avenue (DE23 3EL) in the last 12 months was 83.0 per 1,000 residents and was 10.4% higher than the Blagreaves average (75.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 23.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harpur Avenue (DE23 3EL), the main crime hotspot is near Moorway Croft. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Blagreaves| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenacres | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Windsor Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenacres | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vine Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West View Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West View Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West View Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oak Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Oak Crescent | Under investigation |
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