Total Crime Rate
114.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
65.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Alderwood Avenue area has the 13th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Speke , and the 559th 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 Alderwood Avenue (L24 2UD) in the last 12 months was 114.2 per 1,000 residents and was 14.3% lower than the Speke average (133.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 65.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Alderwood Avenue (L24 2UD), the main crime hotspot is near Burnage Close. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | All Hallows Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alder Wood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | All Hallows Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Critchley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Critchley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Critchley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Critchley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Critchley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alder Wood Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alder Wood Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alder Wood Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastern Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Withington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ardwick Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Oldbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oldbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harland Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Speke Boulevard | Under investigation |
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