Total Crime Rate

165.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

40.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 165.5 9/10
  • Violent crimes 40.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 33.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.0 8/10
  • Shoplifting 23.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.7 5/10
  • Public order 13.5 8/10
  • Drugs 10.1 8/10
  • Other theft 10.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.1 8/10
  • Burglary 6.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Lower Close area has the 9th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Halewood North , and the 69th 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 Lower Close (L26 2XD) in the last 12 months was 165.5 per 1,000 residents and was 255.1% higher than the Halewood North average (46.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -36.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 40.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Close (L26 2XD), the main crime hotspot is near Lower Close. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lower Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Rawlinson Crescent Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lower Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Lower Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Lower Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Strokes Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rawlinson Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rawlinson Crescent Under investigation
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Data Sources

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