Postcode · Derby
Crime in DE72 3RF
How much crime is recorded in DE72 3RF, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Borrowash & Ockbrook
- Council
- Erewash
- Region
- East Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,299 (2024)
DE72 3RFDerby
How safe is DE72 3RF
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 21.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the DE72 3RF area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
21.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
32
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 3RFNational
Violence and sexual offences19.623.6
Burglary3.59.1
Public order3.04.6
Other theft2.54.5
Criminal damage and arson1.74.7
Anti-social behaviour1.310.7
Vehicle crime1.03.5
Other crime0.61.5
Theft from the person0.62.1
Drugs0.62.4
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.