Postcode · Derby
Crime in DE72 3GL
How much crime is recorded in DE72 3GL, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Borrowash & Ockbrook
- Council
- Erewash
- Region
- East Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,582 (2024)
DE72 3GLDerby
How safe is DE72 3GL
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 12.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the DE72 3GL area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 3 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
3/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Lower than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
12.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
23
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).
DE72 3GLNational
Violence and sexual offences10.323.6
Anti-social behaviour4.610.7
Public order3.64.6
Burglary1.79.1
Vehicle crime1.63.5
Other theft1.44.5
Criminal damage and arson0.64.7
Other crime0.21.5
Robbery0.01.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 44% 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.