Total Crime Rate
130.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Violet Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Linacre , and the 174th 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 Violet Road (L21 6NZ) in the last 12 months was 130.8 per 1,000 residents and was 31.3% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 56.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Violet Road (L21 6NZ), the main crime hotspot is near Palmerston Avenue. Police recorded 121 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Litherland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Palmerston Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ismay Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmerston Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Prior Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Prior Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ismay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ismay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ismay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ismay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ismay Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Palmerston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jacobs Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jacobs Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Jacobs Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hapsford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bowden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Kilburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kilburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Palmerston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmerston Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Palmerston Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smollett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beechwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Akenside Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Palmerston Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Snave Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Snave Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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