Total Crime Rate
196.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Riddock 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.
View Crime In Derby| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eliot Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bowden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mildmay Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Kilburn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Kilburn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Riddock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawler Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Alpha Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Alpha Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hands Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hinton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Croxteth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hinton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hinton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hinton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hinton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hinton Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hinton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chelsea Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chelsea Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mildmay Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Linacre Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Chelsea Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Chesnut Grove | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hornby Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hornby Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornby Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hornby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chesnut Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
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