Total Crime Rate

95.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

38.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 95.2 7/10
  • Violent crimes 38.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.8 6/10
  • Other theft 8.8 7/10
  • Drugs 5.3 6/10
  • Public order 5.3 5/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.8 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.8 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Blacklow Brow area has the 4th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Roby , and the 160th 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 Blacklow Brow (L36 5XE) in the last 12 months was 95.2 per 1,000 residents and was 70.0% higher than the Roby average (56.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 38.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blacklow Brow (L36 5XE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Huyton Hall Crescent, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ashdale (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Blacklow Brow area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Fernbank Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pinnington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cedar Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Huyton Hall Crescent —
Apr 2026Other crime Archway Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Poplar Bank Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Civic Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Huyton Hall Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ashdale —
Apr 2026Public order Ashdale Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wilton Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ashdale Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Ashdale Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pinnington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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