Total Crime Rate
64.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Knutsford Green area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 72 local areas in Leasowe and Moreton East , and the 422nd highest crime rate of 1,056 local areas in Wirral .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Knutsford Green (CH46 8TT) in the last 12 months was 64.3 per 1,000 residents and was 21.4% lower than the Leasowe and Moreton East average (81.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 40.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Knutsford Green (CH46 8TT), the main crime hotspot is near Witley Close. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Wirral| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Witley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ivy Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lyons Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Witley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | School Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | School Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Witley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pasture Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyons Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lyons Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pasture Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ivy Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glebelands Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ivy Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glebelands Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Danger Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Witley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Witley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Witley Close | Under investigation |
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