Crime Statistics for Northwood, Knowsley, Knowsley, 2024

There were a total of 222 street level crime incidents in Northwood in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Drugs.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Northwood, 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	96
Drugs	42
Public Order	19
Criminal Damage Arson	17
Anti Social Behaviour	13
Other Theft	8
Burglary	7
Shoplifting	7
Other Crime	6
Vehicle Crime	5
Bicycle Theft	2
All Crime	222

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Northwood. 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 Northwood

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Northwood	222
Tower Hill (0.88 miles)	210
Gillmoss (2.24 miles)	188
Croxteth (2.24 miles)	188
Southdene (1.39 miles)	138
Alt (1.06 miles)	102
Knowsley (2.56 miles)	68
Moss Side (1.75 miles)	17
Royal Oak (2.56 miles)	14
Barrow Nook (2.24 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Northwood?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Northwood	96
Tower Hill	91
Gillmoss	82
Croxteth	82
Southdene	54
Alt	51
Knowsley	29
Royal Oak	12
Moss Side	3
Barrow Nook	0

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

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 Northwood 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 Northwood compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Northwood and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Northwood is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Yew Tree	75
2	Cherryfield	72
3	Northwood	66
4	Whitefield	63
5	Croxteth	59
6	Prescot North	57
7	Shevington	51
8	Molyneux	42
9	Rainford	34
10	Park	24
11	Bickerstaffe	19

Which road in Northwood has the highest level of crime?

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