Total Crime Rate
124.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
81.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Plimsoll 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.
View Crime In Mackworth & New Zealand| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Bass Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cobden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cobden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawke Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bright Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Morley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mackenzie Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Radbourne Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bass Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harringay Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cheviot Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wallace Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wallace Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westleigh Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyttelton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurcroft Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurcroft Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bass Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bass Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheyne Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | New Zealand Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | New Zealand Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | New Zealand Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheyne Walk | Under investigation |
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