Total Crime Rate

101.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 101.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.2 9/10
  • Public order 10.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.0 5/10
  • Drugs 7.0 7/10
  • Other theft 7.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.5 2/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Cookson 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.

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Crime Over Time in Cookson Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balfe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A566 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byron Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Seaforth Vale West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seaforth Vale West Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Addison Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Cowper Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cowper Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Seaforth Vale North Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Muspratt Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Caradoc Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caradoc Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Seaforth Vale North Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hogarth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cookson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cookson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A566 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Balfe Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balfe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balfe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cookson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balfe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Cookson Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Riverside Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Riverside Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Riverside Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Riverside Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Riverside Close
Sep 2025Public order Crescent Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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