Total Crime Rate

97.6 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 97.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.5 9/10
  • Other theft 6.7 6/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Shoplifting 6.7 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.4 2/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Parkfield Avenue area has the 13th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Molyneux , and the 242nd highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Parkfield Avenue (L30 1PG) in the last 12 months was 97.6 per 1,000 residents and was 12.9% higher than the Molyneux average (86.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 60.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Parkfield Avenue (L30 1PG), the main crime hotspot is near Ascroft Road. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Parkfield Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Watkin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Fenton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ascroft Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Ascroft Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Lingfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lingfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fenton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fenton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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