Total Crime Rate
170.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
101.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Colwell Close area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 26 local areas in West Derby Deysbrook , and the 336th highest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Liverpool .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Colwell Close (L14 8YE) in the last 12 months was 170.3 per 1,000 residents and was 216.2% higher than the West Derby Deysbrook average (53.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -19.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 101.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Colwell Close (L14 8YE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Princess Drive, where police recorded 67 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Finch Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Altfinch Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finch Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Altfinch Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finch Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colwell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Altfinch Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Altfinch Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finch Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Penshaw Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gainford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Snowberry Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Colwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colwell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cabes Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Snowberry Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Colwell Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gainford Road | Under investigation |
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