Total Crime Rate
45.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hillside Avenue area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 83 local areas in Prescot North , and the 163rd lowest 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 Hillside Avenue (L36 8DR) in the last 12 months was 45.2 per 1,000 residents and was 70.4% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -7.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 29.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -90.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hillside Avenue (L36 8DR), the main crime hotspot is near Pennard Avenue. Police recorded 52 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Stockbridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Layford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pennard Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nyland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pennard Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nyland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Layford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Regent Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pennard Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pennard Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ontario Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St George'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Nyland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St George'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Maple Leaf Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nyland Road | Under investigation |
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