Total Crime Rate

196.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 196.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 111.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.6 10/10
  • Public order 18.5 9/10
  • Drugs 11.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.4 4/10
  • Other crime 7.4 8/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Other theft 3.7 3/10
  • Robbery 3.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Riddock Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Derby , and the 88th 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 Riddock Road (L21 8HS) in the last 12 months was 196.3 per 1,000 residents and was 54.9% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 133.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Riddock Road (L21 8HS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hornby Avenue, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chelsea Road (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Riddock Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eliot Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Bowden Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mildmay Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Kilburn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Kilburn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Riddock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lawler Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Alpha Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Alpha Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hands Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hinton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Croxteth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hinton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hinton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hinton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Hinton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hinton Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hinton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chelsea Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chelsea Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mildmay Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Linacre Road
Sep 2025Drugs Chelsea Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Chesnut Grove Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hornby Avenue
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hornby Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hornby Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hornby Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Hornby Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chesnut Grove Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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