Total Crime Rate
72.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
60.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Simonswood Lane area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Cherryfield , and the 237th highest 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 Simonswood Lane (L33 5XB) in the last 12 months was 72.8 per 1,000 residents and was 14.3% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 60.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Simonswood Lane (L33 5XB), the main crime hotspot is near Delfby Crescent. Police recorded 62 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Northwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Farrier Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Madryn Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ormonde Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Delfby Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Delfby Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Delfby Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Delfby Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Delfby Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Delfby Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glegside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lifton Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Delfby Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Delfby Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Delfby Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Delfby Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Delfby Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Madryn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waverley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Waverley Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Waverley Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Waverley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Madryn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farrier Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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