Postcode · Matlock
Crime in DE4 5AB
How much crime is recorded in DE4 5AB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Matlock South, Cromford & Winster
- Council
- Derbyshire Dales
- Region
- East Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,398 (2024)
DE4 5ABMatlock
How safe is DE4 5AB
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 19.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the DE4 5AB 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
19.0
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 5ABNational
Violence and sexual offences15.523.6
Burglary6.49.1
Criminal damage and arson5.04.7
Anti-social behaviour5.010.7
Public order3.24.6
Other theft3.24.5
Drugs1.42.4
Possession of weapons1.00.9
Other crime0.61.5
Vehicle crime0.53.5
Shoplifting0.58.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 26% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.