Total Crime Rate
390.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lyttelton Street area has the highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Mackworth & New Zealand , and the 43rd 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 Lyttelton Street (DE22 3FD) in the last 12 months was 390.1 per 1,000 residents and was 250.6% 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 113 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 275.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 62.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 82.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lyttelton Street (DE22 3FD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Morley Street, where police recorded 184 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cobden Street (31 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 | Cobden Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Morley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Morley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Shoplifting | Morley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cobden Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plimsoll Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plimsoll Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Plimsoll Street | — |
| 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ashley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawke Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Napier Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawke Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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