Crime Statistics for Southdene, Knowsley, Knowsley, 2024

Crime statistics for Southdene, Knowsley

There were a total of 145 street level crime incidents in Southdene in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Southdene, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime78
Public Order15
Criminal Damage Arson13
Drugs9
Vehicle Crime7
Other Theft7
Anti Social Behaviour6
Shoplifting3
Other Crime3
Possession Of Weapons2
Burglary2
All Crime145

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

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

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Southdene

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Fazakerley (1.96 miles)229
Northwood (1.39 miles)209
Tower Hill (1.86 miles)204
Aintree (2.55 miles)204
Gillmoss (0.88 miles)193
Croxteth (0.88 miles)193
Southdene145
Alt (2.4 miles)93
Knowsley (1.75 miles)57
Moss Side (1.86 miles)18

10.08%
of Croxteth residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Southdene?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Fazakerley114
Tower Hill98
Gillmoss94
Croxteth94
Aintree93
Northwood89
Southdene78
Alt46
Knowsley30
Moss Side6

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

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 Southdene 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 Southdene compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Clubmoor85
2Norris Green85
3Yew Tree75
4Cherryfield72
5Fazakerley67
6Whitefield63
7Croxteth59
8Stockbridge58
9Prescot North57
10Shevington51
11Molyneux42

Which road in Southdene has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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