Total Crime Rate
40.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026The Dell area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 17 local areas in Croxteth Country Park , and the 387th lowest crime rate of 1,552 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 40.0 per 1,000 residents and was 15.9% lower than the Croxteth Country Park average (47.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 16.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Dell (L12 0AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Glan Aber Park, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Exford Road (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Timway Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Dell | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rockwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rockwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ciaran Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ciaran Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ciaran Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glan Aber Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Glan Aber Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Glan Aber Park | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glan Aber Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glan Aber Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rockwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Dell | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Oxbow Road | Under investigation |
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