Total Crime Rate
49.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Heathfield Close area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Linacre , and the 465th 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 Heathfield Close (L21 8PT) in the last 12 months was 49.2 per 1,000 residents and was 74.2% 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 , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 32.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Heathfield Close (L21 8PT), the main crime hotspot is near Ismay Road. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Litherland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Webster Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kilburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobb Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halsall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirk Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kirk Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobb Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Linacre Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Linacre Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bowden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lathom Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Halsall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Kilburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ismay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ismay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ken Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ismay 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 | Drugs | Havelock Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ismay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Orrell Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Barnton Close | Further action is not in the public interest |
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