Total Crime Rate

92.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

66.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 92.3 7/10
  • Violent crimes 66.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.4 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.1 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.1 4/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Other theft 5.1 5/10
  • Theft from the person 5.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Meldon Close area has the 16th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Croxteth , and the 687th highest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Liverpool .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Meldon Close (L12 0RS) in the last 12 months was 92.3 per 1,000 residents and was 8.6% lower than the Croxteth average (101.0 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 66.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Meldon Close (L12 0RS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Newby Grove, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ashwater Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Meldon Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Furness Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Stowford Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tremore Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Newby Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Ampulla Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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