Total Crime Rate
168.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
117.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hampstead Drive area has the 8th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Mackworth & New Zealand , and the 166th highest crime rate of 750 local areas in Derby .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hampstead Drive (DE22 4GP) in the last 12 months was 168.6 per 1,000 residents and was 55.2% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 117.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hampstead Drive (DE22 4GP), 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 Mackworth & New Zealand| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Knightsbridge | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Leytonstone Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tufnell Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Chingford Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Leytonstone Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Aldwych | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Aldwych | Under investigation |
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