Total Crime Rate

465.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 465.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 258.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 83.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.9 9/10
  • Public order 36.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.8 8/10
  • Drugs 13.8 9/10
  • Robbery 13.8 9/10
  • Burglary 4.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Bracken Way area has the highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Sandfield Park , and the 71st highest crime rate of 1,559 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 Bracken Way (L12 1NB) in the last 12 months was 465.4 per 1,000 residents and was 344.9% higher than the Sandfield Park average (104.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -53.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 133.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bracken Way (L12 1NB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Millfield Close, where police recorded 86 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bracken Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stoneycroft Crescent
Sep 2025Shoplifting Millfield Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorns Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Millfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Millfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Millfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Millfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorns Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorns Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stoneycroft Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Classic Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson New Hey Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Murry Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St James' Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Classic Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trefula Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trefula Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorns Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Classic Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stoneycroft Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stoneycroft Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation

Data Sources

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