Total Crime Rate
22.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pritchard Avenue area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 55 local areas in Church , and the 208th 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 Pritchard Avenue (L21 1EJ) in the last 12 months was 22.0 per 1,000 residents and was 77.6% lower than the Church average (98.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 17.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pritchard Avenue (L21 1EJ), the main crime hotspot is near Durham Road. Police recorded 51 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Church| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Durham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grecian Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rawson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rawson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandown Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corinthian Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corinthian Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sandringham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Durham Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Doric Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kings Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Durham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kings Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kings Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Durham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Durham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Durham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Durham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Durham Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Durham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Durham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandown Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bower Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hereford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Durham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chesnut Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Durham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Belgrave Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Road | Under investigation |
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