Total Crime Rate

128.2 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 128.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 34.2 10/10
  • Public order 17.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.8 6/10
  • Other theft 8.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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 46th highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Derby , and the 176th highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Knowsley Road (L20 4NW) in the last 12 months was 128.2 per 1,000 residents and was 1.2% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 72.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Knowsley Road (L20 4NW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hornby Avenue, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Waller Street (31 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
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pope Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Smollett Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keats Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bryant Road
Sep 2025Public order Chesnut Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Chesnut Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beechwood Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beechwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Snave Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Smollett Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Chesnut Grove Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Chelsea Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chelsea Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balfour Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chelsea Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Alpha Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Alpha Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Riddock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chesnut Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bryant Road
Sep 2025Public order Warton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waller Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Balfour Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Balfour Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pope Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Balfour Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pope Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Pope Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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