Total Crime Rate

256.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

203.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 256.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 203.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 150.4 10/10
  • Public order 39.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.6 10/10
  • Drugs 13.3 9/10
  • Other theft 8.9 7/10
  • Robbery 8.9 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.4 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Knowsley Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Derby , and the 55th 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 4NR) in the last 12 months was 256.6 per 1,000 residents and was 89.8% higher 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 203.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Knowsley Road (L20 4NR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Balfour Avenue, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Waller Street (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Knowsley Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Falconer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Smollett Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shelley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Shelley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Balfour Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Balfour Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Balfour Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Balfour Avenue Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Smollett Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences New Fort Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Moore Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Falconer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Akenside Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gray Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dryden Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Akenside Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bowles Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Boswell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dryden Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Dryden Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Peel Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Percy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Southey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Southey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Keats Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Dryden Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Dryden Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Gower Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Norton Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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