Total Crime Rate

24.0 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 24.0 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.0 2/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 4.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

The Dell area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 17 local areas in Croxteth Country Park , and the 197th lowest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Dell (L12 0AE) in the last 12 months was 24.0 per 1,000 residents and was 50.3% lower than the Croxteth Country Park average (48.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Dell (L12 0AE), the main crime hotspot is near Exford Road. Police recorded 18 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Dell area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Exford Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Exford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rockwell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glan Aber Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Dell
Sep 2025Other theft Riverside Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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