Total Crime Rate

114.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 114.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.7 7/10
  • Public order 20.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.2 7/10
  • Other crime 7.7 9/10
  • Other theft 7.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.7 7/10
  • Shoplifting 5.1 4/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Drugs 2.6 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Sandstone Road West area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in Old Swan East , and the 568th highest crime rate of 1,559 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 Sandstone Road West (L13 6QY) in the last 12 months was 114.8 per 1,000 residents and was 20.1% higher than the Old Swan East average (95.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 58.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sandstone Road West (L13 6QY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gidlow Road (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sandstone Road West area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Bolan Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gidlow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tynwald Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brelade Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Brelade Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brelade Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brelade Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brelade Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goschen Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Goschen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Swan Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Swan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ronald Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ronald Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sark Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Gidlow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Day Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gidlow Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Portelet Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order St Ives Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Ives Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Ives Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Woburn Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sark Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gidlow Road

Data Sources

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