Total Crime Rate
79.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hulton Avenue area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 83 local areas in Prescot North , and the 211th highest crime rate of 495 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 Hulton Avenue (L35 2XP) in the last 12 months was 79.4 per 1,000 residents and was 47.9% lower than the Prescot North average (152.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 25.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hulton Avenue (L35 2XP), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 251 crimes here, including 176 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Scott Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Keats Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cook Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Walpole Avenue | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Keats Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Keats Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dragon Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dragon Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Meadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dragon Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hulton Avenue | Under investigation |
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