Total Crime Rate
245.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lime Grove area has the 5th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Linacre , and the 59th 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 Lime Grove (L21 3TT) in the last 12 months was 245.3 per 1,000 residents and was 31.3% 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 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 56 (≈ 150.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lime Grove (L21 3TT), 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.
View Crime In Linacre| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Palmerston Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Palmerston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Palmerston Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Palmerston Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Palmerston Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Palmerston Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Palmerston Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Palmerston Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Palmerston Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Palmerston Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Maple Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maple Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawarden Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawarden Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Palmerston Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Palmerston Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Croxteth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Deepdale Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caradoc Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waller Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waller Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Balfe Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Croxteth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Palmerston Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Croxteth Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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