Postcode · Derby
Crime in DE72 3HE
How much crime is recorded in DE72 3HE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Borrowash & Ockbrook
- Council
- Erewash
- Region
- East Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,510 (2024)
DE72 3HEDerby
How safe is DE72 3HE
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 17.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the DE72 3HE 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
17.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
34
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
DE72 3HENational
Burglary15.19.1
Violence and sexual offences8.523.6
Other theft5.04.5
Shoplifting4.78.4
Vehicle crime4.03.5
Criminal damage and arson3.14.7
Anti-social behaviour2.110.7
Theft from the person0.52.1
Public order0.54.6
Other crime0.51.5
Robbery0.41.4
Drugs0.12.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 115% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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40
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.