Total Crime Rate
115.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cowper Street area has the 45th lowest crime rate of 95 local areas in Derby , and the 199th highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cowper Street (L20 4RR) in the last 12 months was 115.4 per 1,000 residents and was 9.0% lower 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 80.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cowper Street (L20 4RR), 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.
View Crime In Derby| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boswell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Hood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pope Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Deepdale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Deepdale Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pope Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cowper Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gray Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gray Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Maple Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maple Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waller Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waller Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Longfellow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Longfellow Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Longfellow Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kipling Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pope Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keats Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smollett Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Wordsworth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rimrose Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rimrose Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ronan Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Smollett Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boswell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burns Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boswell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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