Total Crime Rate
101.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
67.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hartwood Square area has the 34th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Cherryfield , and the 144th 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 Hartwood Square (L32 7QL) in the last 12 months was 101.1 per 1,000 residents and was 19.0% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 67.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hartwood Square (L32 7QL), the main crime hotspot is near Old Farm Road. Police recorded 48 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Cherryfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shirdley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peatwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Blossom Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peatwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gaywood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gaywood Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gaywood Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shirdley Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bainton Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rhosesmor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rhosesmor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Martins Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartwood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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