Total Crime Rate
248.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Salerno Drive area has the 9th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Prescot North , and the 29th highest crime rate of 496 local areas in Knowsley .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Salerno Drive (L36 7UD) in the last 12 months was 248.8 per 1,000 residents and was 69.0% higher than the Prescot North average (147.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 115.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 162.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 67.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Salerno Drive (L36 7UD), the main crime hotspot is near North Atlantic Close. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Prescot North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Kerrington Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North Atlantic Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ironside Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ironside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ironside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ironside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Horrocks Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North Atlantic Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Montgomery Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandria Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Blue Bell Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Glade Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glade Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glade Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glade Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glade Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glade Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandria Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Horrocks Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandria Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Derna Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Alamein Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Ardennes Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Alexandria Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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