Total Crime Rate

345.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

100.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 345.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 136.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 100.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 72.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 45.5 10/10
  • Drugs 36.4 10/10
  • Burglary 18.2 10/10
  • Public order 18.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.1 9/10
  • Robbery 9.1 9/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Gaywood Avenue area has the 5th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Cherryfield , and the 16th 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 Gaywood Avenue (L32 7PE) in the last 12 months was 345.5 per 1,000 residents and was 306.7% higher than the Cherryfield average (85.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 100.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gaywood Avenue (L32 7PE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gaywood Close, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rowlings Way (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gaywood Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Albury Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Blossom Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Medbourne Crescent —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Medbourne Crescent —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Medbourne Crescent —
Apr 2026Burglary St Martins Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Bainton Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Kersey Walk Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gaywood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gaywood Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gaywood Close —
Apr 2026Other theft Thursby Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Peatwood Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Peatwood Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Findon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Redhill Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Askern Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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