Total Crime Rate
48.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
22.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hawthorne Avenue area has the 41st lowest crime rate of 83 local areas in Halewood North , and the 181st lowest crime rate of 495 local areas in Knowsley .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hawthorne Avenue (L26 9XB) in the last 12 months was 48.7 per 1,000 residents and was 4.4% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 22.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hawthorne Avenue (L26 9XB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Maldon Close (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Halewood South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lichfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Redbourne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Higher Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maldon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maldon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Maldon Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Georgian Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maldon Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redbourne Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mansell Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mansell Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mansell Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mansell Drive | Under investigation |
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