Total Crime Rate
227.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
137.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Percy Street area has the 21st highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Derby , and the 77th 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 Percy Street (L20 4PG) in the last 12 months was 227.5 per 1,000 residents and was 68.2% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 137.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Percy Street (L20 4PG), 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.
View Crime In Linacre| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smollett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shelley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kipling Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wordsworth Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Balfour Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Percy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfour Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfour Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Snave Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Collins Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Snave Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longfellow Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Collins Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gower Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kipling Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Southey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Prior Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Prior Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Keats Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Joseph Gardner Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smollett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Norton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scott Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Joseph Gardner Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scott Street | Under investigation |
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