Total Crime Rate
41.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
20.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Copy Way area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in St Oswald , and the 387th lowest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Copy Way (L30 7QT) in the last 12 months was 41.0 per 1,000 residents and was 64.2% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 20.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Copy Way (L30 7QT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Alexander Fleming Avenue, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Louis Braille Close (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Oswald| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bleak House Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Navigation Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Apollo Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexander Fleming Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Maritime Court | Under investigation |
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