Total Crime Rate
231.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
150.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Seaforth Vale North area has the 6th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Linacre , and the 74th 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 Seaforth Vale North (L21 3TR) in the last 12 months was 231.8 per 1,000 residents and was 21.7% higher than the Linacre average (190.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -36.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 56 (≈ 150.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Seaforth Vale North (L21 3TR), the main crime hotspot is near Palmerston Avenue. Police recorded 121 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Linacre| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Fort Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falconer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falconer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Thomson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thomson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cullen Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Falconer Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maple Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seaforth And Litherland | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Akenside Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Seaforth And Litherland | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caradoc Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowles Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmerston Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lime Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Lime Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Akenside Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falconer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ewart Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Moorhead Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hicks Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmerston Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lytton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Palmerston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Palmerston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Palmerston Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Palmerston Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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