Total Crime Rate
17.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Norburn Crescent area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in Ravenmeols , and the 155th lowest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Norburn Crescent (L37 4DB) in the last 12 months was 17.4 per 1,000 residents and was 62.1% lower than the Ravenmeols average (46.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Norburn Crescent (L37 4DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cross Green, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ravenmeols| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cross Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Three Tuns Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cross Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cross Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cross Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cross Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bill'S Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elbow Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Three Tuns Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Phillip'S Close | Under investigation |
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