Total Crime Rate

65.2 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

42.6 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 65.2 6/10
  • Violent crimes 42.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.6 6/10
  • Public order 15.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.5 4/10
  • Drugs 7.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.0 4/10
  • Other theft 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Wastlebridge Road area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 83 local areas in Prescot North , and the 238th lowest crime rate of 495 local areas in Knowsley .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wastlebridge Road (L36 8BA) in the last 12 months was 65.2 per 1,000 residents and was 57.3% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -31.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 42.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wastlebridge Road (L36 8BA), the main crime hotspot is near Ogle Way. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 13 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

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St George'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ogle Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Bower Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hathersage Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hathersage Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Primrose Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Ogle Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Ogle Way Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nyland Road —
Apr 2026Drugs Bower Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nyland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nyland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Nyland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Regent Park —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wastle Bridge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St George'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Bower Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Primrose Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Glade Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Brookwood Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bakers Green Road Further action is not in the public interest
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Data Sources

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