Total Crime Rate

100.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 100.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.4 7/10
  • Drugs 17.9 10/10
  • Other crime 10.8 10/10
  • Public order 10.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.2 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.2 6/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Lyme Grove area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Prescot North , and the 147th highest crime rate of 496 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 Lyme Grove (L36 8BS) in the last 12 months was 100.4 per 1,000 residents and was 31.8% 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 Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 50.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -48.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 63.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lyme Grove (L36 8BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Conference/Exhibition Centre, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Forest Grove (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lyme Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Astley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ogle Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Barford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lyme Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hathersage Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hathersage Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Marton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Hazel Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Radway Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Radway Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Radway Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Forest Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Forest Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Forest Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Radway Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Astley Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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