Total Crime Rate

209.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 209.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 105.9 10/10
  • Drugs 20.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.5 9/10
  • Other theft 15.5 9/10
  • Public order 12.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.3 5/10
  • Other crime 7.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.2 5/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.6 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.6 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

The Elms area has the 4th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Dingle , and the 252nd 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 The Elms (L8 3SS) in the last 12 months was 209.3 per 1,000 residents and was 74.6% higher than the Dingle average (119.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 121.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 35.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Elms (L8 3SS), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 60 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Elms area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Grosvenor Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gordale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Grosvenor Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Belvidere Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ruthin Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ruthin Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dingle Vale Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gordale Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dingle Vale Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Grosvenor Terrace Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colebrooke Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Dingle Vale Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dingle Vale
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gredington Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gredington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gredington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colebrooke Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft South Hill Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lambton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Grosvenor Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hindlip Street
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sandringham Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hindlip Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dingle Grove
Sep 2025Public order Hindlip Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Blythswood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Peel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation

Data Sources

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