Total Crime Rate
416.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Speakman Way area has the 4th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Prescot North , and the 10th highest crime rate of 496 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 Speakman Way (L34 5ND) in the last 12 months was 416.4 per 1,000 residents and was 182.9% higher than the Prescot North average (147.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 54.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -31.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 131.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Speakman Way (L34 5ND), 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 | Other crime | Tenlands Drive | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Williams Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Williams Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Williams Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Williams Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hall Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hall Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hall Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hall Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hall Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Station Road Boulevard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Station Road Boulevard | 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 | Shoplifting | Layton Way | Under investigation |
| 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 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Layton Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Layton Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Williams Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Steley Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Steley Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Yates' Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Steley Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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