Total Crime Rate
179.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
106.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodhurst Crescent area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Knotty Ash & Dovecot Park , and the 309th highest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Liverpool .
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 Woodhurst Crescent (L14 0BA) in the last 12 months was 179.5 per 1,000 residents and was 97.9% higher than the Knotty Ash & Dovecot Park average (90.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 106.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodhurst Crescent (L14 0BA), the main crime hotspot is near Back Dovecot Place. Police recorded 45 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coulport Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Grant Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Dovecot Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winstone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coulport Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coulport Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coulport Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stonefield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonefield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grant Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grant Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grant Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winstone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leo Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Grovehurst Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grovehurst Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grovehurst Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonefield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turriff Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shellingford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shellingford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Dovecot Place | Under investigation |
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