Total Crime Rate

141.9 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 141.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.0 6/10
  • Drugs 13.5 9/10
  • Other theft 13.5 9/10
  • Burglary 10.1 8/10
  • Shoplifting 10.1 5/10
  • Public order 6.8 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Elwyn Drive area has the 12th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Halewood North , and the 98th highest crime rate of 496 local areas in Knowsley .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Elwyn Drive (L26 0UU) in the last 12 months was 141.9 per 1,000 residents and was 185.7% higher than the Halewood North average (49.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -38.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 33.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Elwyn Drive (L26 0UU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lower Close, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Birchen Road (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Elwyn Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lower Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beckinsale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haresfinch Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Haresfinch Close Further investigation is not in the public interest
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Data Sources

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