Total Crime Rate
138.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
81.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chadwell Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Northwood , and the 90th highest crime rate of 495 local areas in Knowsley .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Chadwell Road (L33 9US) in the last 12 months was 138.8 per 1,000 residents and was 12.7% 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 12.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -41.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 81.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chadwell Road (L33 9US), the main crime hotspot is near Pentland Road. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 19 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Lapford Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deycroft Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brompton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brompton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chadwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Highbarn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonebridge Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lapford Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pentland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pentland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Loughlin Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bridgeview Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wingate Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Glasven Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roughwood Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linslade Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Linslade Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brook Hey Drive | Under investigation |
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