Total Crime Rate
465.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bracken 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.
View Crime In Sandfield Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stoneycroft Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Millfield Close | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorns Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Millfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Millfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Millfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Millfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorns Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorns Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoneycroft Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Classic Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | New Hey | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mill Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Murry Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St James' Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Classic Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trefula Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trefula Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorns Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Classic Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoneycroft Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoneycroft Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
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