Postcode · Derby
Crime in DE72 3RD
How much crime is recorded in DE72 3RD, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Borrowash & Ockbrook
- Council
- Erewash
- Region
- East Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,280 (2024)
DE72 3RDDerby
How safe is DE72 3RD
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 25.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the DE72 3RD area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
25.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
40
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 3RDNational
Violence and sexual offences18.923.6
Burglary7.49.1
Vehicle crime4.43.5
Other theft3.24.5
Criminal damage and arson2.64.7
Anti-social behaviour2.410.7
Public order1.84.6
Other crime1.61.5
Drugs1.22.4
Theft from the person0.62.1
Shoplifting0.48.4
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat 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.