Total Crime Rate

51.4 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 51.4 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.3 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Sandiways Avenue area has the 28th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Molyneux , and the 459th highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sandiways Avenue (L30 1SD) in the last 12 months was 51.4 per 1,000 residents and was 40.6% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 30.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sandiways Avenue (L30 1SD), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sandiways Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Dunnings Bridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Durham Mews West —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Durham Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Durham Mews East Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Guildford Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lunt Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ely Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ely Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Ely Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Dunnings Bridge Road Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

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