Total Crime Rate
22.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Muspratt Road area has the lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Linacre , and the 210th 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 22.2 per 1,000 residents and was 88.3% lower than the Linacre average (190.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Muspratt Road (L21 4NN), the main crime hotspot is near Waller Street. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 29 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Seaforth And Litherland | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falconer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kipling Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burns Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kipling Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bellini Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bellini Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Akenside Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falconer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falconer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Verdi Avenue | 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 | Caradoc Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hicks Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seaforth And Litherland | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | A566 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Fort Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cookson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kipling Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cookson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Lime Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Smollett Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lime Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smollett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Boswell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smollett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elm Road | Under investigation |
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