Total Crime Rate
204.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
157.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pennard Avenue area has the 15th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Prescot North , and the 48th highest crime rate of 495 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 3SQ) in the last 12 months was 204.7 per 1,000 residents and was 34.2% higher than the Prescot North average (152.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 7.1% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 157.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pennard Avenue (L36 3SQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Alt Bridge Road, where police recorded 80 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pennard Avenue (40 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 | Nyland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alt Bridge Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pennard Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pennard Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ontario Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nyland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pennard Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pennard Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Altmoor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Altmoor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Endmoor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alt Bridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alt Bridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Layford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nyland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Nyland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Maple Leaf Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Layford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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