Total Crime Rate
55.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dunchurch 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.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Haydn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Riding | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elgar Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Elgar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maidford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maidford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elgar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Riding | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leo Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Riding | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Murcote Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kettering Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Allesley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Kettering Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Max Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Stainer Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Riding | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maidstone Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stainer Close | — |
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