Total Crime Rate
77.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Waverley Crescent area has the 38th lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Cherryfield , and the 222nd 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 Waverley Crescent (L33 5YS) in the last 12 months was 77.7 per 1,000 residents and was 8.6% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 42.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Waverley Crescent (L33 5YS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Farrier Road, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Waverley Crescent (12 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 | Madryn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Waverley Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Madryn Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glegside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Madryn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jade Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Farrier Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farrier Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Burwell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lifton Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Quernmore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quernmore Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waverley Crescent | Under investigation |
| 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 | Ormonde Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clorain Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Clorain Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gerard Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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