Total Crime Rate
93.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
76.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Longview Drive area has the 10th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in St Gabriels , and the 171st highest crime rate of 495 local areas in Knowsley .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Longview Drive (L36 6EB) in the last 12 months was 93.4 per 1,000 residents and was 9.6% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 76.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Longview Drive (L36 6EB), the main crime hotspot is near Warwick Close. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St Michaels| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gloucester Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longview Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Homestead Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bedford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Longview Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Gabriel'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Warwick Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Warwick Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lansbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Homestead Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Homestead Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Homestead Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Homestead Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Homestead Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hurst Park Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devon Way | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hurst Park Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hurst Park Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hurst Park Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hurst Park Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hurst Park Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hurst Park Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurst Park Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurst Park Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurst Park Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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