Crime Rate in Ockbrook & Borrowash, ward

Ockbrook & Borrowash has the 4th lowest crime rate of 19 wards in Erewash district and the 2170th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East Midlands), it has the 212th lowest crime rate of 752 wards.

The overall crime rate in Ockbrook & Borrowash in the last 12 months was 45.6 per 1,000 residents and was 48.9% lower than the Erewash district average (89.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Ockbrook & Borrowash’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 137 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -13.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 169 (≈ 23.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Ockbrook & Borrowash ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.