Total Crime Rate
286.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Roughwood Drive area has the highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Northwood , and the 22nd highest crime rate of 496 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 Roughwood Drive (L33 9UJ) in the last 12 months was 286.7 per 1,000 residents and was 75.5% higher than the Northwood average (163.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 53 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 63 (≈ 149.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Roughwood Drive (L33 9UJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pentland Road, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Warrenhouse Road (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Northwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Pentland Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warrenhouse Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentland Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentland Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pentland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentland Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Roman Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Roman Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warrenhouse Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gilescroft Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birbeck Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shacklady Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Changford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentland Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warrenhouse Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Warrenhouse Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitburn Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Woodcote Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Woodcote Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warrenhouse Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodcote Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Whitburn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitburn Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitburn Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodcote Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodcote Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pentland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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