Total Crime Rate
103.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
59.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Southey Street area has the 41st lowest crime rate of 95 local areas in Derby , and the 227th 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 Southey Street (L20 4LL) in the last 12 months was 103.2 per 1,000 residents and was 23.7% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -27.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 59.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Southey Street (L20 4LL), the main crime hotspot is near Cricklade Close. Police recorded 101 crimes here, including 62 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
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 | Norton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfour Avenue | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scott Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shelley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scott Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Knowsley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Knowsley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Southey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Moore Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Norton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfour Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Irlam Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wordsworth Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gower Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Joseph Gardner Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Joseph Gardner Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Keats Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cricklade Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Peter Mahon Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cricklade Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cricklade Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cricklade Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cricklade Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfour Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cricklade Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longfellow Street | Under investigation |
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