Total Crime Rate

85.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 85.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.8 8/10
  • Other crime 6.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Public order 3.3 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Heathfield Close area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Linacre , and the 282nd highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Heathfield Close (L21 8PT) in the last 12 months was 85.3 per 1,000 residents and was 54.4% lower than the Linacre average (186.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 55.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Heathfield Close (L21 8PT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ismay Road, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Riddock Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Heathfield Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Riddock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Kilburn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chelsea Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chelsea Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hinton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Hinton Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Hinton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hinton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hinton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hinton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hinton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bowden Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Grange
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lawler Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Kilburn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Chelsea Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mildmay Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mildmay Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Librex Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Croxteth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Librex Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Linacre Road
Sep 2025Drugs Linacre Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Linacre Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blisworth Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Webster Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Heathfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kirk Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Grange Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chelsea Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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