Total Crime Rate
123.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Spenser Street area has the 47th lowest crime rate of 95 local areas in Derby , and the 189th highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Spenser Street (L20 4LW) in the last 12 months was 123.0 per 1,000 residents and was 2.9% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -26.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 63.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Spenser Street (L20 4LW), the main crime hotspot is near Cricklade Close. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Derby| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Moore Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eliot Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Balfour Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Peter Mahon Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Percy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Balfour Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Coleridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sea View Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Balfour Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Milton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cricklade Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Percy Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moore Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Moore Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shelley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Hood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Norton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Percy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Percy Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Percy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Percy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Percy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Percy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Southey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Southey Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St James Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfour Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Percy Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Wordsworth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keats Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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