Total Crime Rate
94.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
64.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Whitaker Street area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Arboretum , and the 326th 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 Whitaker Street (DE23 8FB) in the last 12 months was 94.1 per 1,000 residents and was 76.0% lower than the Arboretum average (392.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -78.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 64.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -87.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Whitaker Street (DE23 8FB), 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 Derby| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lyndhurst Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitaker Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Whitaker Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whitaker Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitaker Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Loudon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Loudon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Loudon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pear Tree Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strutt Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strutt Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Madeley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Madeley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Richmond Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fleet Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fleet Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fleet Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dashwood Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lyndhurst Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lyndhurst Street | Under investigation |
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