Crime Rate in Old Swan West, ward

Old Swan West has the 11th highest crime rate of 64 wards in Liverpool district and the 728th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North West), it has the 70th highest crime rate of 795 wards.

The overall crime rate in Old Swan West in the last 12 months was 142.7 per 1,000 residents and was 3.2% higher than the Liverpool district average (138.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Old Swan West’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 345 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 6 cases , up 20.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -34.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 523 (≈ 65.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Old Swan West ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Montrose Way, with 174 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Supermarket (38 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.