Total Crime Rate
296.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
105.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Derby Road area has the 40th highest crime rate of 168 local areas in Castle , and the 106th highest crime rate of 934 local areas in Nottingham .
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 Derby Road (NG1 5BB) in the last 12 months was 296.7 per 1,000 residents and was 53.9% lower than the Castle average (644.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -18.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 105.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Derby Road (NG1 5BB), the main crime hotspot is near Cottage Terrace. Police recorded 166 crimes here, including 84 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper College Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottage Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Elliott Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elliott Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Oliver Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Upper College Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stoneleigh Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper College Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | St Helen'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Helen'S Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | St Helen'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Helen'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Helen'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottage Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottage Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottage Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottage Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottage Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottage Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cottage Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cottage Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cottage Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cottage Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cottage Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cottage Terrace | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cottage Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cottage Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cottage Terrace | Under investigation |
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