Total Crime Rate
87.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
53.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Townsend Lane area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 78 local areas in Anfield , and the 728th highest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Liverpool .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Townsend Lane (L6 0BB) in the last 12 months was 87.8 per 1,000 residents and was 34.3% lower 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 53.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Townsend Lane (L6 0BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Abbey Road, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dewsbury Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chapel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rector Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Suburban Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Suburban Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westcombe Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Armley Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Yelverton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Acton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clarendon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wycliffe Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wycliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dewsbury Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rector Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Townsend Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Redcar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Redcar Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cathedral Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Abbey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Abbey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Canon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Armley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dewsbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dewsbury 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 |
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