Total Crime Rate

77.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

48.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 77.6 7/10
  • Violent crimes 48.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.6 6/10
  • Drugs 8.6 8/10
  • Burglary 5.8 6/10
  • Other theft 2.9 2/10
  • Public order 2.9 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

St Joans Close area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Linacre , and the 305th highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .

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 St Joans Close (L20 4AD) in the last 12 months was 77.6 per 1,000 residents and was 59.3% lower than the Linacre average (190.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -11.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 48.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Joans Close (L20 4AD), the main crime hotspot is near Wordsworth Street. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in St Joans Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (27/27)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dryden Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Boswell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Rimrose Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Longfellow Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Rimrose Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Rimrose Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Rimrose Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Rimrose Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Burns Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Dryden Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Keats Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Gower Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Peel Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Peel Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Wordsworth Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Dryden Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Joans Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gray Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Dryden Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kipling Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Kipling Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kipling Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Dryden Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bowles Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dryden Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order A566 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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