Total Crime Rate
49.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lyme Cross Road area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 83 local areas in Prescot North , and the 187th 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 Lyme Cross Road (L36 8EY) in the last 12 months was 49.4 per 1,000 residents and was 67.6% 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 12.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lyme Cross Road (L36 8EY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ogle Way, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Radway Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Stockbridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ogle Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radway Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ogle Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ogle Way | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hathersage Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hathersage Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyme Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyme Cross Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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