Total Crime Rate
32.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Penfold area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in Sudell , and the 320th 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 Penfold (L31 6AL) in the last 12 months was 32.5 per 1,000 residents and was 40.9% lower than the Sudell average (55.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 19.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Penfold (L31 6AL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Haweswater Grove (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sudell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hodder Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Birch Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hillcrest | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Brook | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hodder Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Windermere Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Park | Under investigation |
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