Total Crime Rate

7.5 per 1,000 1/10 · Very 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 7.5 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.8 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.8 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • Public order 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

Priesthouse Close area has the lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in Ravenmeols , and the 48th lowest 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 Priesthouse Close (L37 8EN) in the last 12 months was 7.5 per 1,000 residents and was 83.1% lower than the Ravenmeols average (44.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Priesthouse Close (L37 8EN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cross Green, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Priesthouse Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cross Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Whitehouse Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosebay Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Whitehouse Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitehouse Avenue Further action is not in the public interest
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 Cross Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cross Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cross Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cross Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cross Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cross Green
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cross Green
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cross Green
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitehouse Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Formby Fields Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Watchyard Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Watchyard Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Watchyard Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Formby Fields Under investigation

Data Sources

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