Total Crime Rate
101.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cookson Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Linacre , and the 232nd highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cookson Road (L21 4NT) in the last 12 months was 101.8 per 1,000 residents and was 45.5% lower 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 73.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cookson Road (L21 4NT), the main crime hotspot is near Burns Street. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 17 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | A566 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byron Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Seaforth Vale West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Seaforth Vale West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Addison Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Cowper Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cowper Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Seaforth Vale North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Muspratt Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Caradoc Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caradoc Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Seaforth Vale North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Hogarth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cookson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cookson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | A566 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Balfe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cookson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cookson Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Riverside Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Riverside Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Riverside Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Riverside Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Riverside Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Crescent Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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