Total Crime Rate

52.8 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

17.6 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 52.8 5/10
  • Violent crimes 17.6 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.1 8/10
  • Other crime 14.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Pitsmead 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.

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Crime Over Time in Pitsmead Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hazel Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rushey Hey Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson St Laurence Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Firstone Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rushey Hey Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rushey Hey Road
Apr 2026Drugs Firstone Grove Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hazel Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rushey Hey Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Morston Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Firstone Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Rushey Hey Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rushey Hey Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Firstone Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sennen Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Askern Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hazel Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Sennen Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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