Total Crime Rate

12.7 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

8.5 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 12.7 1/10
  • Violent crimes 8.5 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.2 4/10
  • Public order 4.2 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 4.2 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Adswood Road area has the lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in St Michaels , and the 29th lowest crime rate of 495 local areas in Knowsley .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Adswood Road (L36 7XL) in the last 12 months was 12.7 per 1,000 residents and was 84.9% lower than the St Michaels average (83.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 8.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Adswood Road (L36 7XL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wavell Road, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brookwood Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Adswood Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Slim Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Drugs Bower Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bakers Green Road Further action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fullerton Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Paxton Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Slim Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Bower Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wavell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wavell Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Bower Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Brookwood Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ardennes Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Slim Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Slim Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area

Data Sources

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