Total Crime Rate
490.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
242.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lytton Grove area has the highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Linacre , and the 15th highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lytton Grove (L21 1DJ) in the last 12 months was 490.3 per 1,000 residents and was 157.4% higher 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 242.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lytton Grove (L21 1DJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Norfolk Place, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Caradoc Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Linacre| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | A5036 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandy Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kings Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hicks Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | B5421 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bedford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bellini Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bellini Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Verdi Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harrowby Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kings Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrowby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caradoc Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ewart Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maple Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gordon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gordon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kings Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Moorhead Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cecil Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Lime Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lime Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lytton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bedford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thomson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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