Total Crime Rate
197.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cottonbrook Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Arboretum , and the 125th highest crime rate of 756 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 Cottonbrook Road (DE23 8YJ) in the last 12 months was 197.9 per 1,000 residents and was 48.6% lower than the Arboretum average (384.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 93.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cottonbrook Road (DE23 8YJ), the main crime hotspot is near Holcombe Street. Police recorded 65 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Arboretum| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Davies Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotton Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Leacroft Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leacroft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leacroft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leacroft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leacroft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Augusta Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Augusta Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Augusta Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shaftesbury Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shaftesbury Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shaftesbury Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotton Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Reeves Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Catherine Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Catherine Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotton Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Vulcan Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vulcan Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vulcan Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Vulcan Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Princes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Vulcan Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vulcan Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vulcan Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Reeves Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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