Total Crime Rate
153.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
101.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Whitefield Drive area has the 19th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Cherryfield , and the 78th 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 Whitefield Drive (L32 4UN) in the last 12 months was 153.9 per 1,000 residents and was 81.1% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 101.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 46.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Whitefield Drive (L32 4UN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Marnwood Road, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elstead Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Whitefield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Daresbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dagnall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dagnall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Downgreen Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wervin Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Marnwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marnwood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Milestone Road | — |
| 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 | Stanton Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Richard Hesketh Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elstead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Downgreen Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trentham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denver Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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