Total Crime Rate
56.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Alstonfield Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Knotty Ash & Dovecot Park , and the 566th lowest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .
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 Alstonfield Road (L14 0PH) in the last 12 months was 56.1 per 1,000 residents and was 41.9% lower than the Knotty Ash & Dovecot Park average (96.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 37.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Alstonfield Road (L14 0PH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ashover Avenue, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Phoenix Drive (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Knotty Ash & Dovecot Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lordens Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Liverpool Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Woolfall Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shellingford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranford Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ancroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ancroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alstonfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranford Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ashover Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashover Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Woodhurst Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Phoenix Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodhurst Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Liverpool Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dinas Lane | Under investigation |
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