Total Crime Rate

95.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 95.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.7 9/10
  • Public order 19.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.6 7/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Beech Grove area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Linacre , and the 251st highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Beech Grove (L21 1BP) in the last 12 months was 95.5 per 1,000 residents and was 48.9% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -23.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 82.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beech Grove (L21 1BP), 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 Beech Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
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 Muspratt Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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 2025Other theft Cookson Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Crescent Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balfe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Verdi Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hicks Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balfe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Balfe Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caradoc Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Caradoc Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beech Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Elm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hicks Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cecil Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hicks Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawarden Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ewart Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawarden Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gladstone Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hicks Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A5036 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thomson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maple Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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