Total Crime Rate
167.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
95.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Browning Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Blagreaves , and the 168th 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 Browning Street (DE23 8AL) in the last 12 months was 167.1 per 1,000 residents and was 122.2% 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -11.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 95.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Browning Street (DE23 8AL), the main crime hotspot is near Boswell Square. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Normanton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boswell Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Baxter Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boswell Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Huxley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Huxley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Derby Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickens Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickens Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Derby Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Blackmore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Blackmore Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Boswell Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Austin Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Village Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Blackmore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Grange Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackmore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bamford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bamford Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bamford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Bamford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newlyn Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newlyn Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bamford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baxter Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Grange Avenue | Under investigation |
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