Total Crime Rate
83.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
63.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sandstone Drive area has the 41st lowest crime rate of 83 local areas in Prescot North , and the 199th 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 Sandstone Drive (L35 7LS) in the last 12 months was 83.3 per 1,000 residents and was 45.4% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 63.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 61.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sandstone Drive (L35 7LS), the main crime hotspot is near Sandstone Drive. Police recorded 12 crimes here, including 12 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 | Sandstone Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redstone Way | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chater Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watling Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ariss Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Two Butt Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ariss Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ariss Grove | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sandstone Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandstone Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandstone Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandstone Drive | Under investigation |
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