Total Crime Rate
89.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Barford Road area has the 40th lowest crime rate of 83 local areas in Prescot North , and the 189th 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 Barford Road (L36 8DF) in the last 12 months was 89.4 per 1,000 residents and was 39.3% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 53.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 375.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 236.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Barford Road (L36 8DF), the main crime hotspot is near Conference/Exhibition Centre. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Prescot North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hazel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lyme Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hathersage Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hathersage Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Marton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Barford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ogle Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Radway Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Radway Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Forest Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Forest Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Forest Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Radway Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Radway Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Astley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Astley Road | Under investigation |
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