Crime Rate in Knotty Ash & Dovecot Park, ward

Knotty Ash & Dovecot Park has the 31st highest crime rate of 64 wards in Liverpool district and the 1891st highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North West), it has the 163rd highest crime rate of 795 wards.

The overall crime rate in Knotty Ash & Dovecot Park in the last 12 months was 96.4 per 1,000 residents and was 30.3% lower than the Liverpool district average (138.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Knotty Ash & Dovecot Park’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 259 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 15.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 356 (≈ 53.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Knotty Ash & Dovecot Park ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Back Dovecot Place. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.