Total Crime Rate

364.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 364.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 116.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 53.4 10/10
  • Public order 53.4 10/10
  • Drugs 43.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.1 10/10
  • Other theft 24.3 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 14.6 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.7 9/10
  • Burglary 4.9 5/10
  • Other crime 4.9 7/10
  • Robbery 4.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.9 5/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Hogarth Street 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 Hogarth Street (L21 3TJ) 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 Hogarth Street (L21 3TJ), the main crime hotspot is near Palmerston Avenue. Police recorded 83 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hogarth Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Palmerston Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palmerston Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palmerston Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palmerston Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palmerston Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palmerston Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Palmerston Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Palmerston Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Maple Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palmerston Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maple Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawarden Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawarden Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Seaforth Vale West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seaforth Vale West Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palmerston Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palmerston Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hogarth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Croxteth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Crescent Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balfe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balfe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balfe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balfe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Balfe Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Croxteth Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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