Crime Statistics for Knowsley, Knowsley, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Knowsley in October 2024. There were a total of 91 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Knowsley, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	34
Criminal Damage Arson	18
Anti Social Behaviour	15
Other Theft	9
Public Order	8
Drugs	4
Vehicle Crime	1
Bicycle Theft	1
Robbery	1
All Crime	91

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Knowsley. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Knowsley

We've taken the ten nearest places to Knowsley and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Knowsley has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Stockbridge Village (1.39 miles)	774
Page Moss (2.56 miles)	463
Northwood (2.56 miles)	422
Fincham (1.96 miles)	408
Longview (1.96 miles)	400
Gillmoss (1.96 miles)	230
Croxteth (1.96 miles)	230
Southdene (1.75 miles)	158
Knowsley	91
Moss Side (1.39 miles)	13

Where are the most violent places near Knowsley?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Knowsley and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Stockbridge Village	275
Page Moss	172
Northwood	160
Longview	129
Fincham	128
Gillmoss	81
Croxteth	81
Southdene	66
Knowsley	34
Moss Side	2

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Knowsley?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Knowsley to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Knowsley compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Knowsley and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Knowsley is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Norris Green	85
2	Page Moss	78
3	Yew Tree	75
4	St Michaels	67
5	West Derby	67
6	Northwood	66
7	Croxteth	59
8	Stockbridge	58
9	Prescot North	57
10	Swanside	55
11	Rainford	34

Which road in Knowsley has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Knowsley with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.