Total Crime Rate
79.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025St Michaels has the 6th lowest crime rate of 15 wards in Knowsley district and the 2776th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North West), it has the 239th highest crime rate of 795 wards.
The overall crime rate in St Michaels in the last 12 months was 79.3 per 1,000 residents and was 18.0% lower than the Knowsley district average (96.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Michaels’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 405 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 496 (≈ 47.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the St Michaels ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Alt Bridge Road, with 67 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Pennard Avenue (39 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.
StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:
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