Total Crime Rate
129.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
66.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Riddock Road area has the 44th highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Derby , and the 177th highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Riddock Road (L21 8HS) in the last 12 months was 129.6 per 1,000 residents and was 4.1% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 66.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Riddock Road (L21 8HS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Linacre Road, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Balfour Avenue (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Litherland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Snave Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kilburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobb Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobb Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beechwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scott Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scott Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ibstock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Webster Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Joseph Gardner Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malvern Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malvern Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bowden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfour Avenue | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfour Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfour Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Balfour Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kirk Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Kilburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Joseph Gardner Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Knowsley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Snave Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Linacre Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Linacre Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lathom Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hornby Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirk Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Knowsley Road | Under investigation |
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