Total Crime Rate

360.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 360.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 97.0 10/10
  • Other theft 52.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 37.3 10/10
  • Public order 35.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 31.7 10/10
  • Drugs 28.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 28.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.8 7/10
  • Other crime 14.9 10/10
  • Burglary 5.6 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 6/10
  • Robbery 1.9 1/10
  • Theft from the person 1.9 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

Western Avenue area has the 5th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Garston , and the 114th highest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .

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 Western Avenue (L24 3UT) in the last 12 months was 360.1 per 1,000 residents and was 209.6% higher than the Garston average (116.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 75 (≈ 139.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 53.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Western Avenue (L24 3UT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tewit Hall Close (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Western Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goldfinch Farm Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goldfinch Farm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Western Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Linner Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Linner Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goldfinch Farm Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Goldfinch Farm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fenton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sutton Wood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fenton Green Under investigation

Data Sources

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