Total Crime Rate

103.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 103.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.1 6/10
  • Other theft 20.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 13.8 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.3 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.3 7/10
  • Drugs 6.9 7/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.9 6/10
  • Burglary 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Shrewsbury Avenue area has the 7th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Blundellsands , and the 223rd highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Shrewsbury Avenue (L22 2AS) in the last 12 months was 103.5 per 1,000 residents and was 105.3% higher than the Blundellsands average (50.4 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 Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 31.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shrewsbury Avenue (L22 2AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Regent Road, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cedar Grove (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Shrewsbury Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pine Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alder Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Regent Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brompton Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Cedar Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson College Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pine Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson College Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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