Total Crime Rate

299.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

83.0 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 299.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 138.3 9/10
  • Violent crimes 83.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.9 9/10
  • Drugs 27.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.0 8/10
  • Public order 23.0 10/10
  • Other theft 13.8 9/10
  • Burglary 4.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.6 4/10
  • Other crime 4.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Sandforth Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Sandfield Park , and the 143rd highest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Liverpool .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sandforth Road (L12 1LL) in the last 12 months was 299.5 per 1,000 residents and was 219.3% higher than the Sandfield Park average (93.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 82.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sandforth Road (L12 1LL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Millfield Close, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sandforth Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gorse Hey Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Kremlin Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kremlin Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Trefula Park Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bingle Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Classic Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bingle Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bingle Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour New Hey —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime A5058 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Millfield Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Millfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Millfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Millfield Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kremlin Drive Under investigation
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Data Sources

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