Postcode · Matlock
Crime in DE4 3LB
How much crime is recorded in DE4 3LB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Matlock North
- Council
- Derbyshire Dales
- Region
- East Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,273 (2024)
DE4 3LBMatlock
How safe is DE4 3LB
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 36.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the DE4 3LB area, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
36.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
113
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
DE4 3LBNational
Shoplifting34.28.4
Violence and sexual offences31.823.6
Public order12.44.6
Anti-social behaviour12.010.7
Drugs8.52.4
Criminal damage and arson4.44.7
Burglary3.89.1
Other theft3.14.5
Vehicle crime2.13.5
Robbery1.01.4
Possession of weapons1.00.9
Bicycle theft0.91.0
Theft from the person0.52.1
Other crime0.21.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 18% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
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40
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.