Postcode · Liverpool
Crime in L14 9LU
How much crime is recorded in L14 9LU, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Knotty Ash
- Council
- Liverpool
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,703 (2024)
L14 9LULiverpool
How safe is L14 9LU
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 22.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the L14 9LU area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
22.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
34
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
L14 9LUNational
Violence and sexual offences20.923.6
Drugs2.82.4
Public order2.44.6
Criminal damage and arson2.24.7
Anti-social behaviour1.310.7
Other crime1.31.5
Vehicle crime1.13.5
Burglary1.19.1
Other theft0.94.5
Theft from the person0.42.1
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Robbery0.31.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 23% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.