Total Crime Rate

115.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

69.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 115.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 69.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.9 9/10
  • Burglary 14.0 9/10
  • Public order 14.0 8/10
  • Other crime 10.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.5 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cowper 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.

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Crime Over Time in Cowper Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Norton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Prior Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kipling Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kipling Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Moore Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cookson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Peel Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Akenside Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Rimrose Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Dryden Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Dryden Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Burns Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Rimrose Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Rimrose Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Prior Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Boswell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Rimrose Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Rimrose Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gray Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences New Fort Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Joans Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Dryden Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Longfellow Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Norton Street
Apr 2026Burglary Dryden Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Akenside Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Maple Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Kipling Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cookson Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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