Total Crime Rate

90.6 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 90.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.4 7/10
  • Public order 22.7 9/10
  • Drugs 12.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.5 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Whitefield Drive area has the 43rd highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Cherryfield , and the 183rd highest crime rate of 496 local areas in Knowsley .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Whitefield Drive (L32 0RB) in the last 12 months was 90.6 per 1,000 residents and was 6.4% higher than the Cherryfield average (85.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -54.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 55.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitefield Drive (L32 0RB), the main crime hotspot is near Milestone Road. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Whitefield Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swinderby Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penley Crescent Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B5192 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Park Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lognor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lognor Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lognor Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alvanley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alvanley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Delaware Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Delaware Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Corbet Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Milestone Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ness Grove Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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