Total Crime Rate
83.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Alt Road area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 95 local areas in Derby , and the 280th highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Alt Road (L20 5ES) in the last 12 months was 83.2 per 1,000 residents and was 38.5% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 48.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Alt Road (L20 5ES), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near A566 (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Litherland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Litherland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A566 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | August Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | August Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A566 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A566 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | A566 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halsall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hackett Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hackett Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hackett Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alt Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Alt Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | A566 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Halsall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Barnton Close | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | May Street | Under investigation |
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