Total Crime Rate
92.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
61.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Blackmore Street area has the 21st highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Blagreaves , and the 328th highest crime rate of 750 local areas in Derby .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Blackmore Street (DE23 8AY) in the last 12 months was 92.6 per 1,000 residents and was 23.2% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -34.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 61.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Blackmore Street (DE23 8AY), 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 | Public order | Blackmore Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newlyn Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newlyn Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Blackmore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Austin Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Huxley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Huxley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawlinson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawlinson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Boswell Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boswell Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boswell Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Arleston Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arleston Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackmore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawlinson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawlinson Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawlinson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rawlinson Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Blackmore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickens Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickens Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baxter Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Baxter Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Village Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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