Total Crime Rate

82.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 82.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.5 7/10
  • Public order 17.5 9/10
  • Drugs 10.0 8/10
  • Other crime 5.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.5 1/10
  • Other theft 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wastlebridge Road area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 83 local areas in Prescot North , and the 212th highest crime rate of 496 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 Wastlebridge Road (L36 8BA) in the last 12 months was 82.7 per 1,000 residents and was 43.8% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 45.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wastlebridge Road (L36 8BA), the main crime hotspot is near Regent Park. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wastlebridge Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glade Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft St George'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glade Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Astley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glade Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glade Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glade Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Glade Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St George'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Astley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Primrose Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Primrose Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Regent Park Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Ogle Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hathersage Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nyland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hathersage Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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