Total Crime Rate
21.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hollinhey Close area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Molyneux , and the 200th 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 Hollinhey Close (L30 7RN) in the last 12 months was 21.5 per 1,000 residents and was 72.0% lower than the Molyneux average (76.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 8.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hollinhey Close (L30 7RN), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | The Bales | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Bales | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | The Threshers | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Threshers | Under investigation |
| 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 | The Bales | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Bales | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | The Threshers | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cardigan Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Bales | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Bales | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | The Bales | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | The Bales | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Barberry Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | The Bales | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | The Bales | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Bales | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Threshers | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Threshers | Under investigation |
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