Total Crime Rate
99.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
51.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Richard Hesketh Drive area has the 35th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Cherryfield , and the 146th highest crime rate of 495 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 Richard Hesketh Drive (L32 0TX) in the last 12 months was 99.7 per 1,000 residents and was 17.3% higher 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 51.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Richard Hesketh Drive (L32 0TX), the main crime hotspot is near Delaware Crescent. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Whitefield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wervin Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Milestone Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alvanley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ledsham Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Delaware Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Delaware Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Delaware Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanton Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trentham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ness Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sidney Powell Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Acton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sidney Powell Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Daresbury Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Daresbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oatlands Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Richard Hesketh Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tilston Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denver Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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