Total Crime Rate
269.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
120.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Croxteth Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Arundel , and the 174th highest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Liverpool .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Croxteth Road (L8 3SQ) in the last 12 months was 269.2 per 1,000 residents and was 120.9% higher than the Arundel average (121.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 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 Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 120.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Croxteth Road (L8 3SQ), the main crime hotspot is near Brompton Avenue. Police recorded 64 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brompton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belem Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brompton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Maple Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brompton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Croxteth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Croxteth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Croxteth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Croxteth Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belem Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maple Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belem Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Belem Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Maple Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Maple Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Maple Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Belem Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Maple Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Maple Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maple Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sefton Park Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grove Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fern Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fern Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sefton Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maple Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sefton Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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