Total Crime Rate
12.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gentwood Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 41 local areas in Page Moss , and the 28th 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 Gentwood Road (L36 2QL) in the last 12 months was 12.0 per 1,000 residents and was 88.8% lower than the Page Moss average (107.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 8.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gentwood Road (L36 2QL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Freshfield Close, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gentwood Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Page Moss| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tobruk Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tobruk Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rupert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gentwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gentwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gentwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gentwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gentwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gentwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Freshfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kingsway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingswood | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Freshfield Close | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
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