Total Crime Rate

45.3 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 45.3 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.9 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.1 7/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Wardgate Avenue area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 51 local areas in Croxteth , and the 464th lowest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wardgate Avenue (L12 0BD) in the last 12 months was 45.3 per 1,000 residents and was 55.7% lower than the Croxteth average (102.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 26.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wardgate Avenue (L12 0BD), the main crime hotspot is near Haddon Walk. Police recorded 16 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wardgate Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hemlock Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wardgate Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haddon Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haddon Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bracken Wood Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oakley Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bradbourne Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Craven Lea Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Hanworth Close Local resolution
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Data Sources

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