Total Crime Rate
99.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
63.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chapel Drive area has the 8th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in St Gabriels , and the 147th 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 Chapel Drive (L36 5AA) in the last 12 months was 99.4 per 1,000 residents and was 3.8% lower than the St Gabriels average (103.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 63.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chapel Drive (L36 5AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sandiway, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Greenfield Walk (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Gabriels| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sawpit Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gray Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Byron Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Molyneux Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sherwood Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oakfield Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oakfield Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakfield Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sawpit Lane | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
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