Total Crime Rate
366.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Balliol Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Derby , and the 26th highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .
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 Balliol Road (L20 3AB) in the last 12 months was 366.4 per 1,000 residents and was 189.1% higher than the Derby average (126.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 58 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 72 (≈ 198.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Balliol Road (L20 3AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sports/Recreation Area, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sandfield Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Derby| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Langdale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Langdale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bedford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Park Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bedford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peterhouse Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Trinity Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | University Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | University Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | University Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sandfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balliol Road East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balliol Road East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Langdale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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