Total Crime Rate
103.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
62.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodgate area has the 12th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Belle Vale , and the 611th highest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Liverpool .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Woodgate (L27 1YH) in the last 12 months was 103.8 per 1,000 residents and was 2.9% higher than the Belle Vale average (100.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 62.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodgate (L27 1YH), the main crime hotspot is near Runton Road. Police recorded 138 crimes here, including 71 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Handel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbeyvale Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Waterford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farmview Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farmview Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Runton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Runton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aurorean Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Aurorean Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stapleford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Runton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Runton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Maytree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Runton Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Endbrook Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Naylorsfield Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Durweston Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Runton Road | Under investigation |
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