Total Crime Rate
68.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Smithdown Road area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 77 local areas in Arundel , and the 676th lowest crime rate of 1,559 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 Smithdown Road (L15 5AE) in the last 12 months was 68.5 per 1,000 residents and was 42.9% lower than the Arundel average (119.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -55.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 16.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Smithdown Road (L15 5AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mossley Avenue, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Arundel| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Newborough Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stalbridge Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenbank Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenbank Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Airdale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Airdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Trentham Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Trentham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Weardale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Nithsdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Deepfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Deepfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Deepfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Deepfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Deepfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nithsdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lidderdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Borrowdale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Borrowdale Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Borrowdale Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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