Total Crime Rate

67.6 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 67.6 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.3 7/10
  • Public order 11.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.8 1/10
  • Other theft 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Kingsheath Avenue area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Knotty Ash & Dovecot Park , and the 665th 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 Kingsheath Avenue (L14 2DH) in the last 12 months was 67.6 per 1,000 residents and was 29.9% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 50.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kingsheath Avenue (L14 2DH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Churchdown Grove, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Denford Road (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Kingsheath Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Kettering Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Woodford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Maidstone Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maidstone Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Churchdown Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Maidford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Maidford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Denford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Woodford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Denford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Denford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Churchdown Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Churchdown Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Denford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Denford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ackers Hall Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Broughton Hall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ackers Hall Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Dunchurch Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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