Crime Rates at Eliot Drive, Ilkeston, DE7 4FL

Eliot Drive area has the 4th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Kirk Hallam & Stanton-by-Dale , and the 63rd highest crime rate of 376 local areas in Erewash .

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 Eliot Drive (DE7 4FL) in the last 12 months was 137.0 per 1,000 residents and was 49.7% higher than the Kirk Hallam & Stanton-by-Dale average (91.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -23.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 65.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Eliot Drive (DE7 4FL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Valley Road, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Keswick Close (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.