Total Crime Rate
11.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Roe Lane area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Kew , and the 84th lowest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .
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 Roe Lane (PR9 9DR) in the last 12 months was 11.7 per 1,000 residents and was 85.4% lower than the Kew average (80.2 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. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 8.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Roe Lane (PR9 9DR), the main crime hotspot is near Park Road. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Norwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Melling Road | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Preston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hartwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
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