Total Crime Rate
44.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gordon Drive area has the 14th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Roby , and the 162nd lowest crime rate of 495 local areas in Knowsley .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Gordon Drive (L14 7PY) in the last 12 months was 44.1 per 1,000 residents and was 21.4% lower than the Roby average (56.0 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 Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 30.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 250.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gordon Drive (L14 7PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gordon Drive, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Swanside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gordon Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Gordon Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coronation Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Chedworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Greystone Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookside Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Prescot Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pilchbank Road | — |
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