Total Crime Rate
237.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Windmill Hill Lane area has the 6th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Mackworth & New Zealand , and the 101st highest crime rate of 756 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 Windmill Hill Lane (DE22 3BP) in the last 12 months was 237.0 per 1,000 residents and was 113.0% higher than the Mackworth & New Zealand average (111.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 100.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Windmill Hill Lane (DE22 3BP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Morley Street, where police recorded 184 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bass Street (50 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Mackworth & New Zealand| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Morley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kniveton Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Kniveton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Napier Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawke Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawke Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cobden Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Morley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Plimsoll Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plimsoll Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plimsoll Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Morley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bass Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Heyworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Heyworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heyworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bass Street | Under investigation |
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