Total Crime Rate

175.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 175.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.5 9/10
  • Drugs 24.7 10/10
  • Public order 21.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.4 7/10
  • Other theft 13.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.0 7/10
  • Burglary 5.5 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.5 8/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Lancaster Avenue area has the 7th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Halewood North , and the 63rd highest crime rate of 496 local areas in Knowsley .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lancaster Avenue (WA8 4XJ) in the last 12 months was 175.3 per 1,000 residents and was 253.1% higher than the Halewood North average (49.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 95.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 35.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lancaster Avenue (WA8 4XJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Netherley Road, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Plumley Gardens (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lancaster Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arden Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arden Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Plumley Gardens —
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Data Sources

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