Total Crime Rate
176.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
114.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Townsend Lane area has the 19th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Anfield , and the 316th highest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Liverpool .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Townsend Lane (L6 0AY) in the last 12 months was 176.2 per 1,000 residents and was 31.9% higher than the Anfield average (133.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -11.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 114.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Townsend Lane (L6 0AY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Abbey Road, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Warham Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Anfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dewsbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dewsbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clarendon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chapel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Yelverton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cathedral Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Coppice | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Coppice | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | The Coppice | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manningham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dewsbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wycliffe Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wycliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Holbeck Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dewsbury Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dewsbury Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westcombe Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Townsend Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Townsend Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Townsend Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Townsend Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Acton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dewsbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dewsbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dewsbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dewsbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Abbey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rector Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rector Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rector Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
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