Total Crime Rate

178.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

75.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 178.6 9/10
  • Violent crimes 75.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 71.4 9/10
  • Drugs 26.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.3 9/10
  • Other theft 8.9 7/10
  • Shoplifting 8.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.5 7/10
  • Burglary 4.5 5/10
  • Public order 4.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.5 4/10
  • 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Higher Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Halewood North , and the 59th highest crime rate of 495 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 Higher Road (L26 1TA) in the last 12 months was 178.6 per 1,000 residents and was 283.0% higher than the Halewood North average (46.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 75.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Higher Road (L26 1TA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Meadow Grove, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kylemore Way (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Higher Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kylemore Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Broom Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Meadow Grove Further action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Meadow Grove —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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