Total Crime Rate

305.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 305.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 168.1 10/10
  • Drugs 31.0 10/10
  • Other theft 26.6 10/10
  • Public order 26.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.7 9/10
  • Burglary 13.3 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.4 3/10
  • Other crime 4.4 6/10
  • Robbery 4.4 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Knowsley Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Derby , and the 42nd highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Knowsley Road (L20 4NH) in the last 12 months was 305.3 per 1,000 residents and was 140.9% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 199.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Knowsley Road (L20 4NH), the main crime hotspot is near Waller Street. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Knowsley Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gray Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pope Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pope Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pope Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cowper Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Cowper Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Pope Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Pope Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waller Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waller Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peel Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Warton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Warton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gray Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Percy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peel Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Percy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Percy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dryden Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Percy Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keats Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Smollett Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longfellow Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longfellow Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Percy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Percy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kipling Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longfellow Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Wordsworth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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