Total Crime Rate
39.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
35.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wallace Drive area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in St Michaels , and the 143rd 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 Wallace Drive (L36 1TL) in the last 12 months was 39.7 per 1,000 residents and was 52.7% lower than the St Michaels average (83.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 40.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 35.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wallace Drive (L36 1TL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Edenfield Crescent, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hurst Park Drive (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Michaels| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longview Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Longview Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Homestead Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Homestead Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Homestead Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Homestead Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Edenfield Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Homestead Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Homestead Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurst Park Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurst Park Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurst Park Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hurst Park Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hurst Park Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hurst Park Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hurst Park Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hurst Park Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hurst Park Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hurst Park Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devon Way | Action to be taken by another organisation |
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