Total Crime Rate
125.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
82.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Maple Grove area has the 26th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Prescot North , and the 105th highest crime rate of 495 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 Maple Grove (L35 5BB) in the last 12 months was 125.9 per 1,000 residents and was 17.5% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 82.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Maple Grove (L35 5BB), the main crime hotspot is near Shaw Lane. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hayes Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lovett Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaw Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaw Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shaw Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutherland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rufford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rufford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rufford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Willow Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookside Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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