Total Crime Rate
365.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hornby Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Derby , and the 27th 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 Hornby Road (L20 5DB) in the last 12 months was 365.8 per 1,000 residents and was 188.6% 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 53 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 63 (≈ 185.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hornby Road (L20 5DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hornby Road, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chelsea Road (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Derby| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eliot Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Percy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Anvil Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Percy Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Percy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hornby Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Percy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Percy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Percy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Percy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Percy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Balfour Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Percy Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Grange | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Grange | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirk Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Linacre Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Linacre Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Linacre Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Croxteth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Anvil Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Balfour Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mildmay Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Hornby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornby Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hornby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Glover Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Glover Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Glover Place | — |
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