Postcode district · Matlock
Crime in DE4
How much crime is recorded in DE4, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Derbyshire Dales
- Region
- East Midlands
- Population
- 43,146 (2024)
DE4Postcode district · Matlock
How safe is DE4
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 18.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in DE4, 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
18.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
39
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).
DE4National
Violence and sexual offences16.023.6
Anti-social behaviour6.110.7
Burglary4.69.1
Public order3.84.6
Shoplifting3.78.4
Other theft2.94.5
Criminal damage and arson2.84.7
Drugs1.92.4
Vehicle crime0.93.5
Other crime0.91.5
Theft from the person0.82.1
Possession of weapons0.70.9
Robbery0.61.4
Bicycle theft0.51.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 5% 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.