Total Crime Rate
402.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
180.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Howard Street area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Abbey , and the 43rd 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 Howard Street (DE23 6TX) in the last 12 months was 402.3 per 1,000 residents and was 43.6% higher than the Abbey average (280.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 62 (≈ 180.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Howard Street (DE23 6TX), the main crime hotspot is near Charlotte Street. Police recorded 308 crimes here, including 157 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Arboretum| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Darby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woolrych Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Silver Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Dale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Dale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Lower Dale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salisbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Industrial Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Industrial Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chestnut Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woolrych Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woolrych Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woolrych Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Howard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Woolrych Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woolrych Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Charlotte Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Charlotte Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Charlotte Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Carmel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Carmel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Carmel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mount Carmel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mount Carmel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Renals Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Howard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Charlotte Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gordon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rawdon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mill Hill Lane | Under investigation |
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