Total Crime Rate

103.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 103.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.3 8/10
  • Public order 10.7 7/10
  • Drugs 7.1 7/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 5/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Ash Wood Close area has the 13th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Belle Vale , and the 630th highest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ash Wood Close (L27 8YW) in the last 12 months was 103.6 per 1,000 residents and was 6.1% lower than the Belle Vale average (110.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 57.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 186.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ash Wood Close (L27 8YW), the main crime hotspot is near Rosewood Close. Police recorded 20 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ash Wood Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashwood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Hastie Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hastie Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sullington Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sullington Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Crispin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sullington Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Russet Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bramblewood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosewood Close Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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