Crime Rate in Church, ward

Church has the 5th highest crime rate of 22 wards in Sefton district and the 1644th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North West), it has the 149th highest crime rate of 795 wards.

The overall crime rate in Church in the last 12 months was 103.6 per 1,000 residents and was 21.2% higher than the Sefton district average (85.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Church’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 571 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 3 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 718 (≈ 58.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Church ward, the main local crime hotspot is near South Road. Police recorded 58 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.