Total Crime Rate
162.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Warwick Close area has the highest crime rate of 20 local areas in St Michaels , and the 74th highest crime rate of 496 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 Close (L36 1UX) in the last 12 months was 162.2 per 1,000 residents and was 104.4% higher than the St Michaels average (79.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 92.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 28.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Warwick Close (L36 1UX), the main crime hotspot is near Warwick Close. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St Michaels| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wallace Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Gabriel'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wallace Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wallace Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Devon Way | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Devon Way | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wallace Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Chester Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hurst Park Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurst Park Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardie Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ripon Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wallace Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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