Total Crime Rate
118.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Spruce Grove area has the 11th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Stockbridge , and the 111th highest crime rate of 495 local areas in Knowsley .
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 Spruce Grove (L28 1NS) in the last 12 months was 118.2 per 1,000 residents and was 37.9% higher than the Stockbridge average (85.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -27.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 39.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Spruce Grove (L28 1NS), the main crime hotspot is near Boydell Close. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Stockbridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cremorne Hey | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cremorne Hey | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Rosewood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orange Tree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orange Tree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Blackthorne Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckthorn Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brandearth Hey | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Spinney | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Spinney | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehorn Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehorn Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haleforest Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Haleforest Grove | Under investigation |
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