Total Crime Rate

127.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 127.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 78.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.5 10/10
  • Public order 14.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.9 7/10
  • Other theft 4.9 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Cambridge Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Church , and the 179th highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cambridge Road (L21 1EX) in the last 12 months was 127.5 per 1,000 residents and was 23.1% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 93.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 111.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cambridge Road (L21 1EX), the main crime hotspot is near Durham Road. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cambridge Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Doric Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Cambridge Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Durham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Durham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dewlands Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dewlands Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Mary'S Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hereford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hereford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Doric Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hereford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Cambridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hereford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Alexandra Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Alexandra Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Brook Vale Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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