Crime Rate in Sefton Park, ward

Sefton Park has the 10th highest crime rate of 64 wards in Liverpool district and the 708th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North West), it has the 67th highest crime rate of 795 wards.

The overall crime rate in Sefton Park in the last 12 months was 143.8 per 1,000 residents and was 3.9% higher than the Liverpool district average (138.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Sefton Park’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 310 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -32.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 416 (≈ 67.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Sefton Park ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 170 crimes here, including 61 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.