Total Crime Rate

259.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 259.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 47.8 10/10
  • Other theft 31.9 10/10
  • Public order 27.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 27.9 7/10
  • Burglary 19.9 10/10
  • Drugs 19.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.0 9/10
  • Robbery 4.0 6/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Delfby Crescent area has the 7th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Cherryfield , and the 28th highest crime rate of 496 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 Delfby Crescent (L32 8TN) in the last 12 months was 259.0 per 1,000 residents and was 204.2% higher than the Cherryfield average (85.1 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 Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 91.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Delfby Crescent (L32 8TN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Delfby Crescent, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Westhead Close (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Delfby Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Barn Hey Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westhead Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Thursby Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Lifton Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barn Hey Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Broad Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Vale Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buxted Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Overdene Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Pinfold Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Pinfold Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westhead Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Delfby Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Delfby Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Thursby Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Hadleigh Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Delfby Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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