Total Crime Rate

101.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 101.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.9 9/10
  • Drugs 12.2 9/10
  • Public order 8.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.1 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.1 3/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Cardigan Way area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 52 local areas in Everton East , and the 648th highest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cardigan Way (L6 5JY) in the last 12 months was 101.6 per 1,000 residents and was 30.8% lower than the Everton East average (146.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 180.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 69.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 41.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cardigan Way (L6 5JY), the main crime hotspot is near A5089. Police recorded 77 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cardigan Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Ellencliff Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs A5089 Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sunlight Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Sunlight Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Pendine Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime A5089 Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Penvalley Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A5089 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person A5089 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs A5089 Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Pond Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Denman Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs A5089 Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A5089 Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pinetop Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A5089 Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Esmond Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Belmont Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Belmont Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Castlewood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castlewood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Back Belmont Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Celt Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ellencliff Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ellencliff Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ellencliff Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ellencliff Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tweed Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pond Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mirfield Street Further investigation is not in the public interest

Data Sources

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