Total Crime Rate

79.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

53.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 79.5 7/10
  • Violent crimes 53.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.7 8/10
  • Drugs 16.6 9/10
  • Public order 9.9 7/10
  • Other crime 6.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Blue Bell Lane area has the 8th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in St Michaels , and the 209th highest 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 Blue Bell Lane (L36 7XU) in the last 12 months was 79.5 per 1,000 residents and was 5.3% lower than the St Michaels average (83.9 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 53.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 77.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blue Bell Lane (L36 7XU), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Blue Bell Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Alamein Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Bower Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ironside Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Rome Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rome Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wastle Bridge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Slim Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Slim Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Regent Park
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Slim Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Brookwood Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ardennes Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Nyland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nyland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nyland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nyland Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Glade Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Bower Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bakers Green Road Further action is not in the public interest
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 Wavell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wavell Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Salerno Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order North Atlantic Close Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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