Total Crime Rate
200.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Acton Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Mackworth & New Zealand , and the 124th 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 Acton Road (DE22 4JF) in the last 12 months was 200.0 per 1,000 residents and was 79.8% 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 133.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 46.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 28.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Acton Road (DE22 4JF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lombard Street, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chiswick Close (14 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 | Drugs | Drayton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Endsleigh Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Embankment Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Embankment Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Isleworth Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drayton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Drayton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Drayton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayswater Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayswater Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Acton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westbourne Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Thames Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Acton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Endsleigh Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Henley Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Burlington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chiswick Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Belsize Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lombard Street | Under investigation |
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