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Crime in DE4 4EA
How much crime is recorded in DE4 4EA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Wirksworth
- Council
- Derbyshire Dales
- Region
- East Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,550 (2024)
How safe is DE4 4EA
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 17.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the DE4 4EA area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
17.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
38
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 4EANational
Violence and sexual offences15.223.6
Anti-social behaviour5.210.7
Public order5.04.6
Shoplifting3.08.4
Burglary2.89.1
Criminal damage and arson2.74.7
Other crime2.41.5
Other theft2.04.5
Drugs0.82.4
Robbery0.41.4
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Vehicle crime0.43.5
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.