Total Crime Rate
262.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
173.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Warwick Road area has the highest crime rate of 20 local areas in St Michaels , and the 32nd highest crime rate of 495 local areas in Knowsley .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Warwick Road (L36 1UU) in the last 12 months was 262.6 per 1,000 residents and was 212.9% higher 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 173.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Warwick Road (L36 1UU), the main crime hotspot is near Warwick Close. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St Michaels| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mosscroft Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Homestead Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mosscroft Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mosscroft Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Warwick Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Warwick Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Longview Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Gabriel'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mosscroft Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stafford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Homestead Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Homestead Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gloucester Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Homestead Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bedford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Longview Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devon Way | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hurst Park Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hurst Park Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | 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 | Robbery | Hurst Park Drive | Under investigation |
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