Total Crime Rate

89.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 89.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.9 8/10
  • Drugs 13.2 9/10
  • Public order 13.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Townsend Lane area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 78 local areas in Anfield , and the 720th highest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .

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 Townsend Lane (L6 0AX) in the last 12 months was 89.1 per 1,000 residents and was 36.8% lower than the Anfield average (141.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 225.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 56.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 112.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Townsend Lane (L6 0AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Abbey Road, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Canon Road (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Townsend Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wolverton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pinehurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Claude Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Claude Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wolverton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Armley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Dewsbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarendon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Clarendon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holbeck Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holbeck Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pinehurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Redford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Canon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pinehurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime The Coppice Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Redbourn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Winchester Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Abbey Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbey Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Chapel Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chapel Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Cathedral Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cathedral Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lycett Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lycett Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Lampeter Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Armley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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