Total Crime Rate

102.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 102.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.0 8/10
  • Public order 8.4 7/10
  • Burglary 4.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.2 4/10
  • Other theft 4.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Crescent Avenue area has the 6th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Harington , and the 226th 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 Crescent Avenue (L37 2ES) in the last 12 months was 102.9 per 1,000 residents and was 112.6% higher than the Harington average (48.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 65.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 202.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Crescent Avenue (L37 2ES), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chindit Close, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Westview Close (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Crescent Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grangewood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ward Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Chindit Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chindit Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grangewood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rostron Crescent Under investigation
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Data Sources

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