Total Crime Rate
199.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
81.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Castings Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Arboretum , and the 132nd 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 Castings Road (DE23 8YL) in the last 12 months was 199.7 per 1,000 residents and was 49.2% 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 3 cases , down -40.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 81.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Castings Road (DE23 8YL), the main crime hotspot is near Holcombe Street. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 27 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 | Reeves Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Reeves Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Crowshaw Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coronation Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Reeves Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Reeves Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Reeves Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reeves Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shaftesbury Street South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holcombe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leacroft Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaftesbury Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baseball Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baseball Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crowshaw Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Reeves Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Davies Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Davies Close | Under investigation |
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