Total Crime Rate
38.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Assissian Crescent area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in St Oswald , and the 369th lowest 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 Assissian Crescent (L30 5QU) in the last 12 months was 38.8 per 1,000 residents and was 66.0% lower than the St Oswald average (114.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (β 29.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Assissian Crescent (L30 5QU), the main crime hotspot is near The Marian Square. Police recorded 88 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St Oswald| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Magdalene Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Jerome'S Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Marian Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Marian Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Marian Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Marian Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Marian Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Marian Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Marian Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Marian Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sherborne Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Westminster Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Magdalene Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Magdalene Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Oswalds Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Oswalds Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Truro Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Truro Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Henry Hickman Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Henry Hickman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | The Marian Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Marian Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glover'S Lane | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glover'S Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glover'S Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glover'S Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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