Total Crime Rate
256.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
203.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bowles Street 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 Bowles Street (L20 4QF) 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 Bowles Street (L20 4QF), the main crime hotspot is near Waller Street. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Linacre| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kipling Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dryden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Boswell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longfellow Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Akenside Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Fort Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Moore 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowles Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kipling Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kipling Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dryden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dryden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dryden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden 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 | Falconer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burns Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falconer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falconer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Falconer Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maple Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hawarden Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Akenside Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Smollett Street | — |
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