Total Crime Rate
64.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oxbow Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 17 local areas in Croxteth Country Park , and the 647th 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 Oxbow Road (L12 0AF) in the last 12 months was 64.6 per 1,000 residents and was 35.8% higher 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 36.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oxbow Road (L12 0AF), 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 Brookside (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chelsea Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chelsea Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chelsea Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chelsea Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Oxbow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Dell | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Dell | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brookside | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glan Aber Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glan Aber Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Glan Aber Park | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Glan Aber Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glan Aber Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Timway Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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