Total Crime Rate
52.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pitsmead Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Cherryfield , and the 192nd lowest crime rate of 495 local areas in Knowsley .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Pitsmead Road (L32 9QS) in the last 12 months was 52.8 per 1,000 residents and was 37.8% lower 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 17.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pitsmead Road (L32 9QS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rushey Hey Road, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Morston Crescent (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cherryfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazel Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rushey Hey Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Laurence Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Firstone Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rushey Hey Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rushey Hey Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Firstone Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazel Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rushey Hey Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morston Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Firstone Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rushey Hey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rushey Hey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Firstone Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sennen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Askern Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hazel Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sennen Road | Under investigation |
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