Total Crime Rate

365.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 365.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 156.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 67.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 41.3 10/10
  • Drugs 29.5 10/10
  • Public order 26.6 10/10
  • Other theft 14.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.9 8/10
  • Burglary 5.9 6/10
  • Other crime 5.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.9 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.0 3/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hornby 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.

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Crime Over Time in Hornby Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eliot Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Percy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Anvil Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Percy Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Percy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hornby Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Percy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Percy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Percy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Percy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Percy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Balfour Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Percy Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Grange Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Grange
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kirk Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Linacre Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Linacre Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Linacre Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Croxteth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Anvil Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Balfour Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mildmay Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hornby Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hornby Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hornby Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Hornby Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Glover Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Glover Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Glover Place

Data Sources

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