Total Crime Rate

55.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

30.3 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 55.6 5/10
  • Violent crimes 30.3 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.2 5/10
  • Drugs 15.2 9/10
  • Other theft 5.1 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.1 8/10
  • Public order 5.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.1 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Dunchurch Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Knotty Ash & Dovecot Park , and the 564th lowest crime rate of 1,552 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 Dunchurch Road (L14 2DP) in the last 12 months was 55.6 per 1,000 residents and was 38.8% lower 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 30.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 81.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dunchurch Road (L14 2DP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kettering Close, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Woodford Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dunchurch Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Haydn Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Old Riding —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Elgar Road —
Apr 2026Drugs Elgar Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Maidford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Maidford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Elgar Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Denford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Old Riding —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Woodford Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leo Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Old Riding Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Murcote Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kettering Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Allesley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Kettering Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Max Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Stainer Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Old Riding —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Maidstone Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stainer Close —

Data Sources

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