Total Crime Rate

33.0 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 33.0 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.9 8/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Birchdale Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Church , and the 315th 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 Birchdale Road (L22 9QX) in the last 12 months was 33.0 per 1,000 residents and was 68.1% lower than the Church average (103.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 19.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birchdale Road (L22 9QX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Neville Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Birchdale Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Thorndale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Hyde Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rockland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ferndale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John'S Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ferndale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Ferndale Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lorne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Cedar Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Denmark Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Midland Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Midland Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pine Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pine Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Midland Terrace
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Denmark Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Denmark Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorndale Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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