Knotty Ash and Dovecot Park vs St Oswald

Knotty Ash and Dovecot Park has a safety score of 2/100 (High Crime) and recorded 1,058 crimes in the last 12 months. St Oswald has a safety score of 5/100 (High Crime) with 1,653 crimes. St Oswald scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Knotty Ash and Dovecot Park shows a year-on-year crime trend of +47.2% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. St Oswald shows +10.4% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Knotty Ash and Dovecot Park, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (495 incidents). In St Oswald, it is Violent Crime (686 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Knotty Ash and Dovecot Park recorded 114 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while St Oswald recorded 187. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Knotty Ash and Dovecot Park totalled 495 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 686 in St Oswald. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Knotty Ash and Dovecot Park recorded 719 crimes (now 1,058, a change of +47.2%). St Oswald recorded 1,497 crimes previously (now 1,653, +10.4%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Knotty Ash and Dovecot Park has a resolution rate of 23.2% and St Oswald has 20.6%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Knotty Ash and Dovecot Park falls within the Merseyside Police boundary. St Oswald is covered by Merseyside Police. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Knotty Ash and Dovecot Park and St Oswald. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.