Total Crime Rate
539.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
460.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beechway area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Molyneux , and the 12th 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 Beechway (L31 1HP) in the last 12 months was 539.5 per 1,000 residents and was 603.9% higher 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 58 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -9.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 70 (≈ 460.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 225.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beechway (L31 1HP), the main crime hotspot is near Villas Road. Police recorded 78 crimes here, including 67 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Molyneux| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Villas Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Villas Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Villas Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Villas Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Villas Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Villas Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Villas Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Villas Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Villas Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Villas Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Lane Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Lane Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stonechat Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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