Total Crime Rate

124.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

81.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 124.2 8/10
  • Violent crimes 81.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 71.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.8 5/10
  • Other theft 9.8 8/10
  • Public order 9.8 7/10
  • Drugs 6.5 7/10
  • Other crime 6.5 8/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Plimsoll Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Mackworth & New Zealand , and the 241st highest crime rate of 750 local areas in Derby .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Plimsoll Street (DE22 3DF) in the last 12 months was 124.2 per 1,000 residents and was 14.3% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 81.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Plimsoll Street (DE22 3DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Morley Street, where police recorded 153 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bass Street (45 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Plimsoll Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cobden Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Bass Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cobden Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cobden Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cobden Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cobden Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawke Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Bright Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Morley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mackenzie Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ashley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Radbourne Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bass Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harringay Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cheviot Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wallace Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wallace Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Westleigh Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lyttelton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thurcroft Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thurcroft Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bass Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Bass Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cheyne Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime New Zealand Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs New Zealand Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons New Zealand Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cheyne Walk Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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