Total Crime Rate
306.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Phillips Close area has the highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Manor , and the 37th 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 Phillips Close (L23 4TP) in the last 12 months was 306.6 per 1,000 residents and was 336.5% higher than the Manor average (70.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 69 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 40.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 450.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Phillips Close (L23 4TP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lakeside Gardens, where police recorded 79 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fern Hey (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lakeside Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whinfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lakeside Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lakeside Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Hey | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Hey | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lakeside Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lakeside Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lakeside Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lakeside Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Larchfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lakeside Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lakeside Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lakeside Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lakeside Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Holgate Park | Under investigation |
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