Total Crime Rate
93.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
62.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Byron Street area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Linacre , and the 252nd highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Byron Street (L20 4RH) in the last 12 months was 93.4 per 1,000 residents and was 50.9% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 62.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Byron Street (L20 4RH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Caradoc Road, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Falconer Street (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Linacre| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Akenside Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maple Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Boswell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | A566 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Joans Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caradoc Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kipling Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kipling Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kipling Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cookson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falconer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longfellow Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dryden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowles Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Verdi Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burns Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dryden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dryden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Falconer Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dryden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cookson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gray Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bellini Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bellini Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falconer Street | Under investigation |
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