Total Crime Rate

43.0 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 43.0 4/10
  • Drugs 15.6 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 7.8 2/10
  • Public order 3.9 4/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Hornby Boulevard area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Linacre , and the 409th 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 Hornby Boulevard (L21 8HG) in the last 12 months was 43.0 per 1,000 residents and was 77.0% lower than the Linacre average (186.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 15.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hornby Boulevard (L21 8HG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chelsea Road, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Waller Street (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hornby Boulevard area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hands Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Moore Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Percy Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Percy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jacobs Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Jacobs Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Longfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Longfield Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eliot Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Snowdrop Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Percy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Percy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moore Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bryant Road
Sep 2025Drugs Moore Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pope Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pope Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pope Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Pope Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Pope Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Percy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Percy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Percy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waller Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waller Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bryant Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bryant Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Percy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chelsea Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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