Total Crime Rate
355.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
152.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Friar Gate area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Mackworth & New Zealand , and the 51st highest crime rate of 750 local areas in Derby .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Friar Gate (DE1 1FP) in the last 12 months was 355.5 per 1,000 residents and was 227.1% higher than the Mackworth & New Zealand average (108.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 152.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Friar Gate (DE1 1FP), the main crime hotspot is near Brick Street. Police recorded 129 crimes here, including 77 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Mackworth & New Zealand| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mill Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mill Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Brick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Brick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Brick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Brick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Brick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brick Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Larges Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Larges Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mundy Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nun'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Vernon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Northern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Northern Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Northern Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Northern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Great Northern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Great Northern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Great Northern Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Brick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Brick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Great Northern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Eaton Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Mill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mill Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mill Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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