Total Crime Rate

121.0 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 121.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 76.6 9/10
  • Burglary 12.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.1 6/10
  • Public order 8.1 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.0 2/10
  • Robbery 4.0 6/10
  • Shoplifting 4.0 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Gorsewood Close area has the 11th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Belle Vale , and the 535th highest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .

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 Gorsewood Close (L25 2QP) in the last 12 months was 121.0 per 1,000 residents and was 9.7% higher than the Belle Vale average (110.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 88.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 119.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gorsewood Close (L25 2QP), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 112 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Gorsewood Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Larchwood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lee Vale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Widmore Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Lee Vale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lee Vale Road
Sep 2025Other theft Lee Vale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lee Vale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Lee Vale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lee Vale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belfort Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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