Total Crime Rate
152.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
69.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Eden Vale area has the 8th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in St Oswald , and the 137th highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Eden Vale (L30 5RG) in the last 12 months was 152.4 per 1,000 residents and was 33.3% higher than the St Oswald average (114.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -12.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 69.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eden Vale (L30 5RG), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | The Marian Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glover'S Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Westminster Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glover'S Lane | — |
| 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 | Public order | St Jerome'S Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sherborne Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Magdalene Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Marian Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Truro Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Truro Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Magdalene Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | The Marian Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Marian Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Magdalene Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Ambrose Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterside | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | The Marian Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Marian Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Marian Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Ambrose Croft | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Waterside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Marian Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterside | Under investigation |
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