Total Crime Rate
41.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Briery Hey Avenue area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Cherryfield , and the 148th lowest crime rate of 495 local areas in Knowsley .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Briery Hey Avenue (L33 0YE) in the last 12 months was 41.4 per 1,000 residents and was 51.3% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 24.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Briery Hey Avenue (L33 0YE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brackenhurst Green, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Quarry Green (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Northwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gerard Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Brackenhurst Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashfield Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashfield Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Quarry Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Quarry Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ashfield Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashfield Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mottram Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thistley Hey Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | County Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quarry Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sycamore Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnard Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mottram Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Didsbury Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mottram Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | County Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brackenhurst Green | — |
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