Total Crime Rate
17.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Church Road area has the lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in Old Swan East , and the 132nd lowest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Liverpool .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Church Road (L13 2AU) in the last 12 months was 17.5 per 1,000 residents and was 83.6% lower than the Old Swan East average (106.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 7.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Road (L13 2AU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ardleigh Road, where police recorded 128 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gidlow Road (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ardleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gidlow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pensarn Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pensarn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ronald Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ardleigh Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gidlow Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gidlow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gidlow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Pensarn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Maskell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rhuddlan Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Selkirk Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Selkirk Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selkirk Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selkirk Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Pensarn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pensarn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pensarn Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ronald Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Ardleigh Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gidlow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barrymore Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Prescot Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ardleigh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ardleigh Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tapley Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Ives Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Ives Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Ives Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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