Total Crime Rate
115.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
69.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cowper Street area has the 46th lowest crime rate of 95 local areas in Derby , and the 203rd highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
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 14.7% lower 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 69.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cowper Street (L20 4RR), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Norton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Prior Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kipling Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kipling Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Moore Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cookson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Akenside Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rimrose Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dryden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dryden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burns Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rimrose Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rimrose Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Prior Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Boswell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rimrose Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rimrose Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gray Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Fort Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Joans Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dryden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longfellow Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Norton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dryden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Akenside Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maple Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kipling Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cookson Road | Under investigation |
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