Total Crime Rate
43.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Reeves Avenue area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 95 local areas in Derby , and the 405th lowest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Reeves Avenue (L20 0BJ) in the last 12 months was 43.2 per 1,000 residents and was 68.1% lower than the Derby average (135.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 36.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Reeves Avenue (L20 0BJ), the main crime hotspot is near King Avenue. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Netherton and Orrell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Webster Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hankey Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Williams Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Williams Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Williams Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Williams Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grainger Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grainger Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grainger Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grainger Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stone Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Smith Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Smith Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelly Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ballantyne Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelly Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Webster Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lawton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lawton Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tumilty Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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