Postcode · Matlock
Crime in DE4 5LY
How much crime is recorded in DE4 5LY, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Matlock North
- Council
- Derbyshire Dales
- Region
- East Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,541 (2024)
DE4 5LYMatlock
How safe is DE4 5LY
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the DE4 5LY 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
16.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
28
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 5LYNational
Violence and sexual offences13.923.6
Public order3.14.6
Burglary3.19.1
Anti-social behaviour3.010.7
Other theft2.44.5
Drugs1.32.4
Other crime1.11.5
Criminal damage and arson1.14.7
Possession of weapons0.90.9
Vehicle crime0.63.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 28% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.