Crime in Erewash: statistics, rates and trends

Violence and sexual offences (4,404), anti-social behaviour (1,467) and shoplifting (996) made up 66% of all recorded crime. Its crime rate ranks 125th of the 302 districts covered by this site (1 = highest), in the upper half.

Recorded crime in Erewash peaked in the year to August 2023 (12,400 crimes) and was lowest in the year to August 2025 (10,234). Between the years to August 2018 and 2026 it fell 4%, in line with England and Wales.

Month by month

No category with at least 20 crimes was notably above the England and Wales rate, and theft from the person (79% below) and bicycle theft (51% below) were well below it. On the year before, bicycle theft rose from 35 to 46 and possession of weapons rose from 82 to 96, while other crime fell from 254 to 189.

What each category covers: crime categories.

8,495 crimes, excluding fraud, were recorded by the police in Erewash in the year ending March 2026, according to the Home Office's police recorded crime statistics. That is 74.4 per 1,000 residents, close to the England and Wales rate of 83.2. Among the 272 districts of England and Wales with a figure for that year, Erewash had the 130th highest rate (the street-level ranking above is among the 302 districts with street-level pages on this site, over the 12 months to August 2026).

No change on the year or longer series is given for Erewash: comparable figures start in the year ending March 2026, because too many of the force's crimes in the year ending March 2025 were not assigned to a district.

Offences recorded in Erewash, the year ending March 2026

The largest category was stalking and harassment, with 1,371 offences (16% of the total). No category with at least 20 offences had a rate a quarter or more above the England and Wales rate. Rates were lowest relative to the national rate for theft from the person (0.16 times), robbery of personal property (0.34 times) and bicycle theft (0.39 times).

Districts in the Derbyshire Police area, the year ending March 2026

Of the 9 districts in the Derbyshire Police area with a figure for the year ending March 2026, Erewash had the 3rd highest rate.

Source: Home Office police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables (released 23 July 2026), gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Financial years, excluding fraud; how they differ from the street-level figures: methodology.

3 of the 8 nearest districts have a higher crime rate than Erewash; the highest is Nottingham district (157.2 per 1,000) and the lowest Rushcliffe (55.0).

Of the 26 areas within Erewash, Long Eaton Central had the highest crime rate (151.9 per 1,000) and Little Eaton the lowest (30.9), 5 times apart.

The 10 locations below account for 20% of the crime recorded in Erewash over the 12 months to August 2026; the most were recorded at “Supermarket” (1,007).

Of the 9,005 crimes in Erewash with a recorded outcome, 29% ended with the investigation complete and no suspect identified, against 35% across England and Wales; 5.4% were awaiting a court outcome (England and Wales: 5.2%). The 1,467 anti-social behaviour reports have no outcome and are left out.

Erewash has an estimated population of 114,253 (ONS, mid-2024). Compared with England and Wales it has fewer students (4.6%, against 7.9%), less social housing (13%, against 17%) and fewer residents with Level 4 qualifications or above (26%, against 34%). On the England IoD 2025, the small areas (LSOAs) that make up Erewash average decile 5.6 (1 = most deprived), close to the middle.

Police-recorded crime from data.police.uk (September 2017 to August 2026), ONS population estimates and Census 2021. Definitions and limitations: methodology.