Total Crime Rate
147.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Norton Street area has the 39th highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Derby , and the 140th highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Norton Street (L20 4SG) in the last 12 months was 147.1 per 1,000 residents and was 16.0% higher 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 83.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -45.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Norton Street (L20 4SG), 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 | Balfour Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pope Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Anvil Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pope Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Smollett Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Norton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pope Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pope Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Chesnut Grove | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chesnut Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chesnut Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Longfellow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Anvil Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Milton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Longfellow Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Hood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Wordsworth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Warton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Warton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Balfour Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shelley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keats Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waller Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Coleridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Balfour Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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