Total Crime Rate
90.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Knowsley Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Linacre , and the 264th highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Knowsley Road (L20 4NP) in the last 12 months was 90.0 per 1,000 residents and was 51.8% lower than the Linacre average (186.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 62.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Knowsley Road (L20 4NP), the main crime hotspot is near Waller Street. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Linacre| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keats Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moore Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Moore Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pope Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Deepdale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cowper Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pope Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pope Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Maple Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maple Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pope Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pope Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Longfellow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byron Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Longfellow Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burns Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Longfellow Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waller Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waller Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kipling Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Deepdale Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boswell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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