Total Crime Rate
248.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
152.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hawthorn Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Alvaston North , and the 99th highest crime rate of 750 local areas in Derby .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hawthorn Street (DE24 8BD) in the last 12 months was 248.3 per 1,000 residents and was 40.2% higher than the Alvaston North average (177.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 67 (≈ 152.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 37.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hawthorn Street (DE24 8BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Handel Street, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ashwood Close (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Derby| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ashwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Handel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gresham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gresham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Addison Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hardwick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardwick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightingale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Handel Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Handel Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Handel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Handel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Handel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Handel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grosvenor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grosvenor Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Davenport Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Davenport Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Davenport Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Davenport Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Davenport Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Davenport Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Davenport Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Ashwood Close | Under investigation |
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