Total Crime Rate
471.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
253.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Northern Perimeter Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Molyneux , and the 17th highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Northern Perimeter Road (L30 7PT) in the last 12 months was 471.6 per 1,000 residents and was 515.4% higher than the Molyneux average (76.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 58 (≈ 253.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 67.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Northern Perimeter Road (L30 7PT), the main crime hotspot is near The Threshers. Police recorded 96 crimes here, including 53 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 | Drugs | The Bales | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Homestead Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Threshers | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Threshers | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | The Threshers | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Bales | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cardigan Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Bales | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deerbarn Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Scythes | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Bales | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Homestead Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Homestead Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Homestead Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Homestead Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Threshers | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Bales | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ollery Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ollery Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ollery Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dooley Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Bales | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Bales | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | The Bales | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Emerald Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Bales | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | The Bales | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | The Bales | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | The Threshers | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Bales | Under investigation |
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