Total Crime Rate
43.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Longfield Road 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 Longfield Road (L21 8LB) 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 Longfield Road (L21 8LB), 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.
View Crime In Linacre| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Alpha Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hands Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pope Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pope Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hinton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hinton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hinton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waller Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waller Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smollett Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Smollett Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bowden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Alpha Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pope Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawler Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Riddock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Warton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Kilburn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Kilburn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mildmay Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mildmay Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Daniel Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Linacre Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pope Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pope Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Linacre Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bryant Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Snave Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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