Total Crime Rate

68.3 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 68.3 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.1 6/10
  • Public order 16.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.1 6/10
  • Other theft 12.1 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Knowsley Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Eccleston , and the 281st highest crime rate of 606 local areas in St. Helens .

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 Knowsley Road (WA10 4PZ) in the last 12 months was 68.3 per 1,000 residents and was 69.4% higher than the Eccleston average (40.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 3 cases , down -40.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 44.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 59.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Knowsley Road (WA10 4PZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Liberty Place, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mcfarlane Avenue (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Knowsley Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moxon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hewitt Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Feathers Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sculthorpe Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sculthorpe Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Willow Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Burglary Fairclough Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mcfarlane Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mcfarlane Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mcfarlane Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coslett Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Liberty Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Gibbons Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Newlove Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Belmont Street
Sep 2025Burglary Belmont Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Gibbons Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Liberty Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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