Total Crime Rate

49.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 49.5 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.8 6/10
  • Other theft 9.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.2 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.1 1/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Gladstone Road area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Church , and the 461st 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 Gladstone Road (L21 1DG) in the last 12 months was 49.5 per 1,000 residents and was 52.2% lower than the Church average (103.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -27.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 24.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gladstone Road (L21 1DG), the main crime hotspot is near Sandown Road. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Gladstone Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ewart Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Elm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kings Park Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beech Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandy Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandy Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Sandy Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs A5036 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaconsfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaconsfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandown Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gladstone Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A5036 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 2025Vehicle crime Green Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cecil Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Crescent Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bower Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bower Grove Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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