Total Crime Rate

52.3 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 52.3 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.5 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.2 5/10
  • Drugs 6.2 6/10
  • Public order 6.2 5/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Brookside area has the 8th highest crime rate of 17 local areas in Croxteth Country Park , and the 529th 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 Brookside (L12 0BA) in the last 12 months was 52.3 per 1,000 residents and was 8.3% higher than the Croxteth Country Park average (48.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 27.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brookside (L12 0BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dumbrees Road, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chelsea Court (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Brookside area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Riverside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs North Cantril Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chelsea Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brookside Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brookside Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brookside Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft Feltwood Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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