Total Crime Rate

34.3 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 34.3 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.4 2/10
  • Drugs 3.4 4/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Elm Gardens area has the lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Linacre , and the 323rd lowest 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 Elm Gardens (L21 1BE) in the last 12 months was 34.3 per 1,000 residents and was 81.7% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 27.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Elm Gardens (L21 1BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Maple Close, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lime Grove (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Elm Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maple Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hicks Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Caradoc Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawarden Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandy Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawarden Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Norfolk Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Sandy Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs A5036 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Maple Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A5036 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gladstone Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hicks Road
Sep 2025Other theft Cookson Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cookson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ewart Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hicks Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ewart Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thomson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Hicks Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Crescent Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hicks Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Green Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caradoc Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cookson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cookson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandy Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hogarth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Seaforth Vale North Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Seaforth Vale North Under investigation

Data Sources

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