Total Crime Rate

99.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

51.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 99.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 51.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.0 8/10
  • Drugs 22.5 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 12.9 10/10
  • Other theft 6.4 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.2 2/10
  • Other crime 3.2 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Public order 3.2 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Richard 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.

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Crime Over Time in Richard Hesketh Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wervin Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chestnut Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Milestone Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alvanley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Ledsham Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Public order Delaware Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Delaware Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Delaware Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stanton Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Trentham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ness Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sidney Powell Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Acton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Acton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Acton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Acton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sidney Powell Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Daresbury Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Daresbury Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Oatlands Road
Apr 2026Public order Richard Hesketh Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Tilston Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Denver Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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