Total Crime Rate
52.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cheviot Street area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in Mackworth & New Zealand , and the 257th lowest crime rate of 750 local areas in Derby .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cheviot Street (DE22 3EZ) in the last 12 months was 52.0 per 1,000 residents and was 52.2% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 39.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cheviot Street (DE22 3EZ), the main crime hotspot is near Kingsway. Police recorded 121 crimes here, including 88 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Derby| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | A38 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurcroft Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kingsway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kingsway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kingsway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kingsway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurcroft Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kingsway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | New Zealand Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | New Zealand Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | New Zealand Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyttelton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wallace Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wallace Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cheviot Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kingsway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westleigh Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pimlico | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pimlico | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | A38 | Under investigation |
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