Total Crime Rate

42.5 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 42.5 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.3 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.1 8/10
  • Public order 6.5 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

School Lane area has the 18th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Harington , and the 402nd 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 School Lane (L37 3LN) in the last 12 months was 42.5 per 1,000 residents and was 12.2% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 22.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around School Lane (L37 3LN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sumner Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in School Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cross Green
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Long Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cross Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitehouse Avenue Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Drugs Cross Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cross Green
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cross Green
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Whitehouse Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sumner Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Sumner Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Sumner Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sumner Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sumner Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cross Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Elbow Lane Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elbow Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitehouse Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Whitehouse Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cross Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cross Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cross Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cross Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cross Green Under investigation

Data Sources

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