Total Crime Rate
77.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gray Street 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 Gray Street (L20 4RY) 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 Gray Street (L20 4RY), the main crime hotspot is near Waller Street. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Linacre| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Akenside Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shelley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Boswell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falconer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowles Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falconer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falconer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Falconer Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Smollett Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dryden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Moore Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gray Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dryden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dryden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dryden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Akenside Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Fort Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Prior Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kipling Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Prior Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Joans Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kipling Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Knowsley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wordsworth Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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