Total Crime Rate

113.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

70.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 113.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 70.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.7 8/10
  • Public order 21.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.7 7/10
  • Other theft 10.6 8/10
  • Other crime 7.1 8/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lilac Avenue area has the 18th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Mackworth & New Zealand , and the 255th highest crime rate of 750 local areas in Derby .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lilac Avenue (DE22 4AS) in the last 12 months was 113.5 per 1,000 residents and was 4.4% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 70.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lilac Avenue (DE22 4AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Humbleton Drive, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Laburnum Grove (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lilac Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Peckham Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Twickenham Drive —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Knightsbridge —
Apr 2026Drugs Leytonstone Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Leytonstone Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chingford Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Peckham Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Humbleton Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Laburnum Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Twickenham Drive —
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Data Sources

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