Total Crime Rate

198.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 198.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.9 9/10
  • Drugs 51.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 28.9 10/10
  • Public order 19.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.4 8/10
  • Burglary 6.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.4 6/10
  • Other crime 3.2 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Other theft 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Rimrose 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.

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Crime Over Time in Rimrose Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deepdale Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Riverside Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balfe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balfe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balfe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balfe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byron Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Cowper Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byron Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Riverside Close
Sep 2025Public order Riverside Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A566 Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Riverside Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Riverside Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cookson Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cookson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cookson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cookson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cowper Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Addison Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Balfe Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A566 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Deepdale Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Maple Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dryden Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Verdi Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burns Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boswell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maple Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boswell Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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