Total Crime Rate
231.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ash Street area has the 21st highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Derby , and the 66th highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ash Street (L20 3EY) in the last 12 months was 231.1 per 1,000 residents and was 82.3% 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 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 162.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 150.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ash Street (L20 3EY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 216 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Back Stanley Road (95 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Derby| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Well Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Well Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Stanley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Redwood Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Redwood Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Redwood Grove | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cedar Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cedar Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cedar Street | Under investigation |
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