Crime Rates at Knowsley Road, Bootle, L20 5DF

Knowsley 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 5DF) 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 5DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hornby Road, where police recorded 45 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.