Total Crime Rate
106.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
73.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Foscote Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Northwood , and the 132nd highest crime rate of 495 local areas in Knowsley .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Foscote Road (L33 9TS) in the last 12 months was 106.2 per 1,000 residents and was 33.2% lower than the Northwood average (158.9 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 Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -22.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 73.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Foscote Road (L33 9TS), the main crime hotspot is near Woodcote Close. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 21 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Northfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pentland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodcote Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watts Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brook Hey Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watts Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lapford Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pentland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chadwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Quernmore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lapford Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jarrett Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jarrett Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jarrett Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jarrett Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linslade Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Linslade Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deycroft Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quernmore Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wingate Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodcote Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodcote Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jade Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Glasven Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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