Nottinghamshire has the highest burglary rate in England

Notts saw crime fall 11% but it has the highest burglary and theft-from-vehicle rates in England, beating major cities.

Only 39% of residents rated the force as excellent or good - the lowest in the country. Leics officers got the biggest regional thumbs-up.

The figures show Notts has the highest crime rates, with Derbyshire and Lincs at the other end of the scale.

The county has the highest burglary rate in the country with 24 people per 1,000 having their home broken into, nearly twice the national average of 13.

Total crimes per 1,000 residents Derbyshire 87 Leicestershire 103 Lincolnshire 88 Northamptonshire 115 Nottinghamshire 139 EAST MIDS AVERAGE 107 ENGLAND/WALES 105

The amount of crime reported to Derbyshire Police has dropped by 15% in the last year.

Leicestershire Police saw the number of violent offences rise by more than 20% in the last 12 months, up more than 4,000 offences on the last year.

The force said one factor in the rise was that officers are required to record all calls to domestic violence incidents - whether or not the victim wants to pursue a complaint.

The Leicestershire force had a significantly lower-than-average risk of household crime, with falls for levels of burglary, robbery and vehicle crime levels.

Vehicle crime per 1,000 residents Derbyshire 10 Leicestershire 12 Lincolnshire 9 Northamptonshire 16 Nottinghamshire 22 EAST MIDS AVERAGE 14 ENGLAND/WALES 14

The number of crimes committed in Lincolnshire over the past year fell by 4%. Violent crime went up 6% , but it is still the lowest figure in the East Midlands.

The biggest reductions were domestic burglaries which fell by 20%, while vehicle crime dropped by 10%.

Lincolnshire Police claims it is leading the way in using forensic science to tackle crimes.

Assistant Chief Constable Peter Davies said "It is about the public taking good care of their property. It is about the criminal justice system regarding burglary as important and dealing fairly severely with the offender.

He added: "We are actually leading the country on some of our forensic science."

Total crime in Northamptonshire fell by 7%, with violent incidents falling by 2%, despite other areas seeing a riser in that category.

Burglary was down, by 10%, vehicle crime fell by 17%, but the survey shows that residents are exposed to a significantly higher than average risk of household crime.