Total Crime Rate
178.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
83.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kersey Walk area has the 15th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Cherryfield , and the 58th 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 Kersey Walk (L32 9RA) in the last 12 months was 178.7 per 1,000 residents and was 110.4% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 83.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kersey Walk (L32 9RA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gaywood Close, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rowlings Way (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 | Vehicle crime | Thursby Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hadleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Medbourne Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Kersey Walk | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gaywood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Medbourne Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gaywood Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gaywood Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mosslawn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bullens Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redhill Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Findon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hazel Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Medbourne Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Martins Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pinfold Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Thursby Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thursby Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Askern Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Thursby Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sennen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Thursby Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sennen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clieves Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Thursby Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazel Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazel Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Laurence Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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