Total Crime Rate

234.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 234.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.9 9/10
  • Shoplifting 46.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.9 9/10
  • Public order 28.4 10/10
  • Drugs 21.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.2 8/10
  • Other theft 7.1 6/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wood Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Halewood North , and the 37th highest crime rate of 496 local areas in Knowsley .

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 Wood Road (L26 0UL) in the last 12 months was 234.0 per 1,000 residents and was 371.3% higher than the Halewood North average (49.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 116.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -47.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 102.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 105.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wood Road (L26 0UL), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 91 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wood Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillingden Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vine Close —
Sep 2025Public order Jubilee Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Jubilee Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Jubilee Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Catterick Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Marsden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Stourvale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
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Data Sources

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