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Crime in DE72 3RN
How much crime is recorded in DE72 3RN, 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)
How safe is DE72 3RN
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 3RN 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
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
DE72 3RNNational
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.