Total Crime Rate
191.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Durham Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Church , and the 92nd 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 Durham Road (L21 1EF) in the last 12 months was 191.2 per 1,000 residents and was 84.7% higher 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 119.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 50.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Durham Road (L21 1EF), 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.
View Crime In Church| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Durham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dewlands Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hereford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hereford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hereford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hereford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dewlands Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandown Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bower Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Cambridge Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Brook Vale | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Doric Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Doric Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Durham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cambridge Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bower Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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