Crime Rate in Larklands, ward

Larklands has the 3rd highest crime rate of 19 wards in Erewash district and the 792nd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East Midlands), it has the 70th highest crime rate of 752 wards.

The overall crime rate in Larklands in the last 12 months was 137.9 per 1,000 residents and was 54.5% higher than the Erewash district average (89.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Larklands’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 497 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 27.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 670 (≈ 73.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Larklands ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Coronation Street. Police recorded 130 crimes here, including 84 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.