Total Crime Rate
334.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
131.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Overdene Walk area has the 6th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Cherryfield , and the 18th highest crime rate of 495 local areas in Knowsley .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Overdene Walk (L32 8TA) in the last 12 months was 334.7 per 1,000 residents and was 293.9% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 37.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 131.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Overdene Walk (L32 8TA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Westhead Close, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Overdene Walk (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Northwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Thursby Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farrier Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Thursby Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westhead Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Thursby Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thursby Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thursby Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lifton Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Didsbury Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Madryn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Madryn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Madryn Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ormonde Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Farrier Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Overdene Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Overdene Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnard Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clieves Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hadleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bullens Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Thursby Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thistley Hey Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mosslawn Road | Under investigation |
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