Total Crime Rate

53.9 per 1,000 5/10 · 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 53.9 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.1 5/10
  • Burglary 3.9 4/10
  • Public order 3.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
  • 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

The Nurseries area has the 8th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Ravenmeols , and the 434th 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 The Nurseries (L37 4JG) in the last 12 months was 53.9 per 1,000 residents and was 21.8% higher than the Ravenmeols average (44.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -14.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 26.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 250.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Nurseries (L37 4JG), the main crime hotspot is near Cross Green. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 7 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Nurseries area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lovelady Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cross Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Formby Fields Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Formby Fields Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Royal Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosebay Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Lovelady Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cross Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cross Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cross Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cross Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cross Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cross Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cross Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cross Green
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cross Green
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cross Green
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Royal Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redgate Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redgate Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cross Green Under investigation

Data Sources

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