Total Crime Rate
392.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
193.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rawlinson Crescent area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Halewood North , and the 13th 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 Rawlinson Crescent (L26 2XE) in the last 12 months was 392.8 per 1,000 residents and was 742.4% 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 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -23.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 64 (≈ 193.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rawlinson Crescent (L26 2XE), 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.
View Crime In Halewood South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lower Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strokes Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lower Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lower Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rawlinson Crescent | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawlinson Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawlinson Crescent | Under investigation |
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