Total Crime Rate

117.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

79.9 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 117.9 8/10
  • Violent crimes 79.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.6 9/10
  • Public order 15.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.6 4/10
  • Drugs 7.6 7/10
  • Other theft 7.6 7/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Morston Crescent area has the 27th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Cherryfield , and the 112th 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 Morston Crescent (L32 9QF) in the last 12 months was 117.9 per 1,000 residents and was 38.8% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 79.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Morston Crescent (L32 9QF), the main crime hotspot is near Morston Crescent. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Morston Crescent area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Firstone Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Firstone Grove Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Pershore Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Firstone Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hallsands Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sennen Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Askern Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Cawthorne Walk Local resolution
Apr 2026Other theft Wignall Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Sennen Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Tedbury Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson St Laurence Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Morston Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bracknell Avenue —
Apr 2026Drugs Firstone Grove Under investigation
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Data Sources

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