Total Crime Rate
26.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Speakman Way area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 83 local areas in Prescot North , and the 80th lowest crime rate of 496 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 Speakman Way (L34 5NB) in the last 12 months was 26.5 per 1,000 residents and was 82.0% lower than the Prescot North average (147.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -81.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 10.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -81.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Speakman Way (L34 5NB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 123 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Prescot North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Yates' Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hall Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsway | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Layton Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Layton Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Layton Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Layton Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Layton Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Layton Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Layton Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Layton Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Houghton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hall Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Houghton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Houghton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Steley Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Steley Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Steley Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Steley Way | Under investigation |
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