Total Crime Rate
1278.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
422.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pottery Fields area has the highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Prescot North , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 495 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 Pottery Fields (L34 5RL) in the last 12 months was 1278.5 per 1,000 residents and was 738.3% higher than the Prescot North average (152.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 143 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 126 (≈ 422.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pottery Fields (L34 5RL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 141 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Atherton Street (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Pembertons Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Layton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lacey Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Layton Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Layton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Layton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Layton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Layton Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Layton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Layton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lacey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Layton Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Layton Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Layton Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Layton Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Layton Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Houghton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Houghton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Layton Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Seddons Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Seddons Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kemble Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lacey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lacey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kemble Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Atherton Street | — |
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