Total Crime Rate
195.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Morley Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Mackworth & New Zealand , and the 126th highest crime rate of 756 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 Morley Street (DE22 3DG) in the last 12 months was 195.1 per 1,000 residents and was 75.3% 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 Shoplifting with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Shoplifting ( -68.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 43.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -39.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Morley Street (DE22 3DG), 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 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Napier Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cobden Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ashley 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 | Shoplifting | Morley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Morley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Morley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bass Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bass Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawke Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heyworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Heyworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Heyworth Street | Under investigation |
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