Crime Rate in Swanside, ward

Swanside has the lowest crime rate of 15 wards in Knowsley district and the 1017th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North West), it has the 257th lowest crime rate of 795 wards.

The overall crime rate in Swanside in the last 12 months was 33.4 per 1,000 residents and was 65.5% lower than the Knowsley district average (96.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Swanside’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 126 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -59.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 153 (≈ 15.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Swanside ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 28 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Gordon Drive (13 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.