Total Crime Rate
37.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Muspratt 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.
View Crime In Linacre| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Seaforth Vale West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Seaforth Vale North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Seaforth Vale North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Hogarth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Crescent Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boswell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boswell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boswell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Riverside Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Balfe Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | A566 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | A566 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cowper Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Cowper Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Deepdale Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caradoc Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Riverside Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Riverside Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kipling Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Muspratt Road | 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 | Byron Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byron Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Addison Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burns Street | Under investigation |
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