Total Crime Rate
198.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rimrose Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Linacre , and the 86th 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 Rimrose Road (L20 4QT) in the last 12 months was 198.7 per 1,000 residents and was 6.4% higher than the Linacre average (186.8 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 Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 83.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rimrose Road (L20 4QT), the main crime hotspot is near Burns Street. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Linacre| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Deepdale Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Riverside Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byron Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Cowper Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byron Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Riverside Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Riverside Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | A566 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Riverside Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Riverside Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cookson Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cookson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cookson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cookson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cowper Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Addison Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Balfe Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | A566 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Deepdale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Maple Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Verdi Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burns Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boswell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maple Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boswell Street | Under investigation |
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