Total Crime Rate
213.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
97.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mornington Crescent area has the 6th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Mackworth & New Zealand , and the 118th highest crime rate of 750 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 Mornington Crescent (DE22 4BD) in the last 12 months was 213.8 per 1,000 residents and was 96.8% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 97.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mornington Crescent (DE22 4BD), 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.
View Crime In Derby| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kingsbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Leytonstone Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tufnell Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chingford Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Twickenham Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Twickenham Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hyde Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Humbleton Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Leytonstone Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beckenham Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Aldwych | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Knightsbridge | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Aldwych | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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