Total Crime Rate

60.5 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 60.5 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.1 6/10
  • Public order 8.1 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Liverpool Road North area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Molyneux , and the 389th highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Liverpool Road North (L31 2PL) in the last 12 months was 60.5 per 1,000 residents and was 30.1% lower than the Molyneux average (86.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 40.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Liverpool Road North (L31 2PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gordon Avenue (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Liverpool Road North area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Gordon Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Clent Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holmefield Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Gordon Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkfield Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parkfield Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Burgess Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shop Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westover Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Towers Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Towers Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swalegate Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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