Total Crime Rate

40.4 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 40.4 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.2 5/10
  • Drugs 5.8 6/10
  • Other theft 5.8 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.9 2/10
  • Public order 3.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.9 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Southwood Road area has the 52nd highest crime rate of 105 local areas in Aigburth , and the 412th 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 Southwood Road (L17 7BG) in the last 12 months was 40.4 per 1,000 residents and was 15.6% lower than the Aigburth average (47.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 23.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Southwood Road (L17 7BG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Thirlstane Street, where police recorded 104 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Southwood Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Broadhurst Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thirlstane Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thirlstane Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thirlstane Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bryanston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bryanston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thirlstane Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thirlstane Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thirlstane Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thirlstane Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thirlstane Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thirlstane Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thirlstane Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thirlstane Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broadhurst Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melly Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Michael'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chetwynd Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thirlstane Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thirlstane Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Buckland Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Blythswood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Broadhurst Street Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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