Total Crime Rate
108.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
80.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cookson Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Linacre , and the 217th 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 108.8 per 1,000 residents and was 42.9% lower than the Linacre average (190.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 80.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cookson Road (L21 4NT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Norfolk Place, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Falconer Street (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Linacre| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kipling Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Lime Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bellini Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowles Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caradoc Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falconer 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Falconer Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Verdi Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | A566 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kipling Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kipling Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Akenside Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maple Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burns Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Akenside Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hawarden Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cookson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Boswell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hicks Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Fort Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lime Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cookson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bellini Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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