Total Crime Rate
40.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
20.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Welbeck Avenue area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Church , and the 389th lowest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Liverpool .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Welbeck Avenue (L18 1DT) in the last 12 months was 40.2 per 1,000 residents and was 30.4% lower than the Church average (57.8 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 20.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Welbeck Avenue (L18 1DT), the main crime hotspot is near Mossley Avenue. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Blenheim Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cramond Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Micklefield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ingleton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beechbank Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mossley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Mossley Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Mossley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mossley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mossley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mossley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beckenham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deepfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deepfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Deepfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Deepfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Airdale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trentham Avenue | — |
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