Total Crime Rate

258.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

141.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 258.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 141.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 111.8 10/10
  • Other theft 29.4 10/10
  • Public order 29.4 10/10
  • Drugs 23.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 23.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.8 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.9 8/10
  • Other crime 5.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.9 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Peel Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Linacre , and the 53rd highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Peel Road (L20 4LA) in the last 12 months was 258.8 per 1,000 residents and was 35.9% higher 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 141.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Peel Road (L20 4LA), the main crime hotspot is near Balfour Avenue. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Peel Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/52)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shelley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Keats Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Scott Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Smollett Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Falconer Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Falconer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Falconer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Falconer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Scott Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Kipling Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kipling Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kipling Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Longfellow Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Norton Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dryden 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 2026Public order Gower Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Norton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Percy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Collins Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Collins Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Southey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gray Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Southey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Wordsworth Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Smollett Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dryden Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Smollett Street —
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Data Sources

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