Total Crime Rate
90.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
54.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hemans Street area has the 38th lowest crime rate of 95 local areas in Derby , and the 261st highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hemans Street (L20 4JS) in the last 12 months was 90.3 per 1,000 residents and was 33.2% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 54.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hemans Street (L20 4JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wordsworth Street, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Norton Street (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Linacre| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Southey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Southey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rimrose Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rimrose Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rimrose Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rimrose Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rimrose Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Moore Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longfellow Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shelley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dryden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dryden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dryden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dryden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Norton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kipling Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kipling Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kipling Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Boswell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Joans Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wordsworth Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gray Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gower Street | Under investigation |
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