Total Crime Rate
259.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cobden Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Mackworth & New Zealand , and the 83rd 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 Cobden Street (DE22 3GZ) in the last 12 months was 259.5 per 1,000 residents and was 133.2% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 155.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 53.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 52.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cobden Street (DE22 3GZ), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawke Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Morley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Morley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Morley Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Brough Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stables Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stables Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawke Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Napier Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Howe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Manchester Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Peel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bass Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bass Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heyworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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