Crime Rate in Linacre, ward

Linacre has the 2nd highest crime rate of 22 wards in Sefton district and the 354th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North West), it has the 34th highest crime rate of 795 wards.

The overall crime rate in Linacre in the last 12 months was 186.8 per 1,000 residents and was 118.6% higher than the Sefton district average (85.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Linacre’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1,138 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 11 cases , up 22.2% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 22.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -29.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,468 (≈ 100.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Linacre ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 193 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parking Area (69 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.