Total Crime Rate
408.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Girton Avenue area has the 7th highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Derby , and the 23rd highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Girton Avenue (L20 9LL) in the last 12 months was 408.6 per 1,000 residents and was 222.4% 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 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 266.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 70 (≈ 272.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Girton Avenue (L20 9LL), the main crime hotspot is near Bedford Road. Police recorded 60 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Derby| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bedford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balliol Road East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bedford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bedford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Bedford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bedford Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bedford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bedford Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Breeze Hill | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balliol Road East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Quarry Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Topaz Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Southport Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sandfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cassio Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gonville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clare Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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