Total Crime Rate
11.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Layton Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Much Woolton & Hunts Cross , and the 69th lowest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Layton Road (L25 9NF) in the last 12 months was 11.2 per 1,000 residents and was 83.1% lower than the Much Woolton & Hunts Cross average (66.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other crime with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Layton Road (L25 9NF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Whitney Place, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Whitney Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Much Woolton & Hunts Cross| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitney Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Whitney Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kilmory Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Kingham Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Reigate Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Reigate Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Halewood Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Layton Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Layton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Whitney Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Whitney Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Whitney Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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