Total Crime Rate
34.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Elm 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.
View Crime In Linacre| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maple Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hicks Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Caradoc Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawarden Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandy Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawarden Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Norfolk Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Sandy Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | A5036 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Maple Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A5036 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gladstone Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hicks Road | — |
| 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Ewart Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hicks Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ewart Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thomson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hicks Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Crescent Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hicks Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Green Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caradoc 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandy Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Hogarth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Seaforth Vale North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Seaforth Vale North | Under investigation |
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