Total Crime Rate
365.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Knowsley 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 Knowsley Road (L20 5DQ) 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 Knowsley Road (L20 5DQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hornby Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Derby| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Linacre Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Balfour Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Chesnut Grove | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Kilburn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Grange | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornby Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mildmay Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mildmay Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hornby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfour Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Balfour Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Balfour Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Croxteth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Riddock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hornby Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hornby Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Hornby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hornby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Linacre Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Linacre Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirk Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rufford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chesnut Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Kilburn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chesnut Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Glover Place | — |
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