Total Crime Rate
70.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
44.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bolton Avenue area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Cherryfield , and the 241st highest 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 Bolton Avenue (L32 0TH) in the last 12 months was 70.8 per 1,000 residents and was 16.7% lower than the Cherryfield average (85.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 44.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bolton Avenue (L32 0TH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Delaware Crescent, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Marbury Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Whitefield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ledsham Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Delaware Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ness Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trentham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Delaware Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oatlands Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alvanley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Richard Hesketh Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanton Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sidney Powell Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sidney Powell Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Daresbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tilston Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Daresbury Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Delaware Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitefield Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kirkby | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kirkby | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Milestone Road | — |
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