Total Crime Rate

245.3 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 245.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 124.0 10/10
  • Public order 27.0 10/10
  • Drugs 21.6 10/10
  • Other theft 21.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.5 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.8 8/10
  • Theft from the person 5.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Lime 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.

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Crime Over Time in Lime Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palmerston Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Palmerston Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palmerston Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2025Violence and sexual offences Balfe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Palmerston Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palmerston Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Palmerston Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balfe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Maple Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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 Balfe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palmerston Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palmerston Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Croxteth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Deepdale Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caradoc Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waller Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waller Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Balfe Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balfe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Croxteth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palmerston Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Croxteth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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