Total Crime Rate
189.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
88.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Paignton Close area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in St Gabriels , and the 53rd 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 Paignton Close (L36 6ET) in the last 12 months was 189.2 per 1,000 residents and was 83.1% higher 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 88.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Paignton Close (L36 6ET), the main crime hotspot is near Skipton Road. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St Gabriels| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pluckington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Gabriel'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Skipton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Taunton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ebony Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pluckington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pluckington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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