Total Crime Rate

145.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 145.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 86.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.3 7/10
  • Other crime 9.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.3 7/10
  • Other theft 6.2 6/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Pennard Avenue area has the 25th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Prescot North , and the 96th highest crime rate of 496 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 Pennard Avenue (L36 3SL) in the last 12 months was 145.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1.1% lower than the Prescot North average (147.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 92.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 87.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 40.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pennard Avenue (L36 3SL), the main crime hotspot is near Pennard Avenue. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Pennard Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ontario Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pennard Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Layford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Layford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Layford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Layford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Ontario Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pennard Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pennard Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pennard Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nyland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Highfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parbrook Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Primrose Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bruton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Altmoor Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Primrose Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Pennard Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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