Crime Statistics for Knotty Ash, Liverpool, Liverpool, 2024

There were a total of 364 street level crime incidents in Knotty Ash in February 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 Knotty Ash, 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	161
Public Order	40
Shoplifting	37
Anti Social Behaviour	30
Drugs	25
Other Theft	24
Criminal Damage Arson	22
Vehicle Crime	11
Possession Of Weapons	4
Other Crime	4
Burglary	3
Robbery	2
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	364

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 Knotty Ash. 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 Knotty Ash

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Tuebrook (1.39 miles)	724
Stoneycroft (0.62 miles)	487
Wavertree (1.75 miles)	462
Knotty Ash	364
Stockbridge Village (1.75 miles)	322
Fincham (1.39 miles)	297
Dovecot (0.62 miles)	295
Broad Green (0.62 miles)	291
Page Moss (1.24 miles)	265
Childwall (1.39 miles)	94

Where are the most violent places near Knotty Ash?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Tuebrook	275
Wavertree	203
Stoneycroft	191
Knotty Ash	161
Stockbridge Village	155
Dovecot	145
Broad Green	143
Fincham	129
Page Moss	122
Childwall	58

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

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 Knotty Ash 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 Knotty Ash compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Knotty Ash and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Resident in Knotty Ash have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Kensington and Fairfield.

#	Ward	Score
1	Kensington and Fairfield	89
2	Tuebrook and Stoneycroft	87
3	Picton	80
4	Page Moss	78
5	Knotty Ash	77
6	Old Swan	76
7	Wavertree	69
8	West Derby	67
9	Swanside	55
10	Belle Vale	51
11	Childwall	50

Which road in Knotty Ash has the highest level of crime?

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