Postcode · Derby
Crime in DE72 3HT
How much crime is recorded in DE72 3HT, 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 3HTDerby
How safe is DE72 3HT
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 3HT 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
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
DE72 3HTNational
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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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.