Total Crime Rate
70.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Longfield Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Linacre , and the 333rd highest 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 Longfield Road (L21 8LA) in the last 12 months was 70.3 per 1,000 residents and was 63.1% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 39.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Longfield Road (L21 8LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ismay Road, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Waller Street (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Litherland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobb Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Jacobs Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scott Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Snave Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Kilburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kilburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hapsford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Drugs | Knowsley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Knowsley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bowden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Ismay 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 | Public order | Prior Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scott Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Snave Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Prior Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobb Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Webster Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Linacre Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kirk Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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