Total Crime Rate
92.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Slim Road area has the 40th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Prescot North , and the 173rd 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 Slim Road (L36 7TL) in the last 12 months was 92.9 per 1,000 residents and was 39.1% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -12.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 42.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Slim Road (L36 7TL), the main crime hotspot is near North Atlantic Close. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 15 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 | Drugs | Tobruk Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Brookwood Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ironside Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wavell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wavell Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rome Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Salerno Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | North Atlantic Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rome Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Slim Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Slim Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Slim Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Slim Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ardennes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Alamein Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tobruk Road | Under investigation |
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