Total Crime Rate
364.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lytton Grove area has the highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Linacre , and the 28th 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 364.1 per 1,000 residents and was 94.9% higher 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 189.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lytton Grove (L21 1DJ), 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 | Drugs | Balfe Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Norfolk Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Green Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Crescent Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hicks Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hicks Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hicks Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hicks Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hicks Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thomson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Elm Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Seaforth Vale North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Seaforth Vale North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cecil Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Beech Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Seaforth Vale West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Seaforth Vale West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Hogarth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawarden Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawarden Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maple Close | Under investigation |
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