Total Crime Rate

120.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 120.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.0 7/10
  • Public order 26.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 26.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Other crime 6.5 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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 Place area has the 4th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Church , and the 542nd 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 Smithdown Place (L15 9EW) in the last 12 months was 120.1 per 1,000 residents and was 110.3% higher than the Church average (57.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 700.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 71.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Smithdown Place (L15 9EW), the main crime hotspot is near Cronton Road. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Smithdown Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cronton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ashdale Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ashdale Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ashdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norwich Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newcastle Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newcastle Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Devondale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coventry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Auckland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Queensdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queensdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Granard Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mayville Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mayville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cronton Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Herondale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Westgate Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westgate Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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