Total Crime Rate

123.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 123.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.8 10/10
  • Drugs 15.9 9/10
  • Public order 15.9 9/10
  • Burglary 7.9 8/10
  • Other theft 7.9 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Spenser 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.

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Crime Over Time in Spenser Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Moore Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eliot Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Balfour Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Peter Mahon Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Percy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Balfour Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Coleridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sea View Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Balfour Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Milton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cricklade Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Percy Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moore Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Moore Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Shelley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Norton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Percy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Percy Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Percy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Percy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Percy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Percy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Southey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Southey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St James Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balfour Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Percy Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Wordsworth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keats Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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