Total Crime Rate
462.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
196.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bowden Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Linacre , and the 19th highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bowden Street (L21 8LL) in the last 12 months was 462.9 per 1,000 residents and was 143.0% higher than the Linacre average (190.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -11.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 196.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bowden Street (L21 8LL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ismay Road, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Snave Close (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Litherland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Linacre Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Kilburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Jacobs Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jacobs Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jacobs Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ismay 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Kilburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ismay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Snave Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Snave Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kirk Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirk Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ismay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beechwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ismay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Webster Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobb Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Linacre Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hapsford Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobb Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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