Total Crime Rate

238.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 238.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 108.2 10/10
  • Drugs 60.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.0 10/10
  • Public order 17.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.7 5/10
  • Shoplifting 8.7 5/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Other theft 4.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Carlton Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Prescot North , and the 32nd 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 Carlton Street (L34 6JB) in the last 12 months was 238.1 per 1,000 residents and was 61.8% higher 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 7.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 125.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Carlton Street (L34 6JB), the main crime hotspot is near Atherton Street. Police recorded 61 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Carlton Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Lavender Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Seddons Court Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Houghton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Houghton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Houghton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queens Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Columbia Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Belvedere Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albany Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wycherley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Tinling Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seddons Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Seddons Court Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Seddons Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Atherton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bookbinders Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bookbinders Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lavender Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Atherton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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