Total Crime Rate

279.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 279.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 91.4 10/10
  • Public order 45.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 40.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.5 10/10
  • Other theft 25.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.3 8/10
  • Drugs 10.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.2 8/10
  • Robbery 5.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Denmark Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Church , and the 50th 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 Denmark Street (L22 9RG) in the last 12 months was 279.2 per 1,000 residents and was 169.6% higher 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery 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 ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 142.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Denmark Street (L22 9RG), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Denmark Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pine Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Duke Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Cross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John'S Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Midland Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Midland Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Midland Terrace
Sep 2025Drugs Hyde Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Denmark Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Denmark Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pine Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Denmark Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Adelaide Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Browning Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Murat Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Murat Grove Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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