Total Crime Rate
29.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ash Grove area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 83 local areas in Prescot North , and the 92nd lowest 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 Ash Grove (L35 5BD) in the last 12 months was 29.5 per 1,000 residents and was 80.7% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 18.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ash Grove (L35 5BD), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lacey Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mine'S Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lovett Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shaw Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hayes Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaw Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lacey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Grove | 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 | Mine'S Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookside Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Willow Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaw Lane | Under investigation |
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