Total Crime Rate

37.0 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 37.0 4/10
  • Other theft 14.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.1 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
  • Public order 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

Muspratt Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Linacre , and the 356th lowest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Muspratt Road (L21 4NN) in the last 12 months was 37.0 per 1,000 residents and was 80.2% lower than the Linacre average (186.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 11.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Muspratt Road (L21 4NN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gray Street, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Waller Street (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Muspratt Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Seaforth Vale West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balfe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Seaforth Vale North Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Seaforth Vale North Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hogarth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Crescent Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boswell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boswell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boswell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balfe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balfe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Riverside Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balfe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Balfe Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A566 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A566 Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cowper Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Cowper Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Deepdale Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caradoc Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Riverside Close
Sep 2025Public order Riverside Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kipling Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Muspratt Road 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 Byron Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byron Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Addison Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burns Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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