Total Crime Rate
109.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
76.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Knowsley Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Linacre , and the 215th highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Knowsley Road (L20 4NL) in the last 12 months was 109.1 per 1,000 residents and was 42.7% lower than the Linacre average (190.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 76.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Knowsley Road (L20 4NL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Caradoc Road, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Falconer Street (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Linacre| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Akenside Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maple Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burns Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Lime Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lime Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gower Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Collins Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Joans Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Boswell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gray Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowles Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Fort Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caradoc Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longfellow Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cookson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dryden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cookson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kipling Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kipling Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kipling Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dryden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dryden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falconer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falconer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falconer Street | Under investigation |
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