Total Crime Rate
44.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
34.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gonville Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 95 local areas in Derby , and the 414th lowest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Gonville Road (L20 9LR) in the last 12 months was 44.2 per 1,000 residents and was 67.3% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 34.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gonville Road (L20 9LR), the main crime hotspot is near Bedford Road. Police recorded 86 crimes here, including 53 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Derby| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fernhill Mews West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sidney Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Westminster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Westminster Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westminster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bedford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill Crest | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Breeze Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roxburgh Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Roxburgh Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bedford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ursula Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bedford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bedford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Topaz Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clare Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bergen Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Breeze Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bedford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Topaz Close | Under investigation |
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