Total Crime Rate
122.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
69.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Knowsley Road area has the 47th highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Derby , and the 185th 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 Knowsley Road (L20 5DE) in the last 12 months was 122.7 per 1,000 residents and was 9.3% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 69.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Knowsley Road (L20 5DE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Balfour Avenue (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Litherland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malvern Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Snave Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfour Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfour Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfour Avenue | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lathom Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Hornby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Hornby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hornby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hornby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hornby Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kirk Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirk Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malvern Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Joseph Gardner Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Joseph Gardner Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Snave Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Balfour Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | August Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobb Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kilburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobb Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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