Total Crime Rate

68.5 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 68.5 6/10
  • Burglary 9.1 8/10
  • Drugs 9.1 8/10
  • Other theft 9.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 9.1 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.9 4/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.3 1/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Smithdown 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 5AH) 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 5AH), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Smithdown Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nithsdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deepfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deepfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Deepfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Deepfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Trentham Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Trentham Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stalbridge Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greenbank Road —
Sep 2025Public order Weardale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deepfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newborough Avenue —
Sep 2025Other theft Nithsdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Borrowdale Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Borrowdale Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Borrowdale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Lidderdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Airdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Airdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenbank Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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