Total Crime Rate

53.8 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

21.5 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 53.8 5/10
  • Violent crimes 21.5 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.5 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.8 7/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Melling Avenue area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 51 local areas in Fazakerley North , and the 546th lowest 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 Melling Avenue (L9 0JZ) in the last 12 months was 53.8 per 1,000 residents and was 35.8% lower than the Fazakerley North average (83.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 21.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Melling Avenue (L9 0JZ), the main crime hotspot is near Hooton Road. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Melling Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lyncot Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Coniston Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Coniston Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Old Church Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Redland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Melling Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Redland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Redland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Redland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Redland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lyncot Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Ascroft Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Melling Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Melling Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ribblesdale Avenue Local resolution
Apr 2026Public order Ribblesdale Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ribblesdale Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ribblesdale Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lunesdale Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wyresdale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wyresdale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ascroft Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Redland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Ascroft Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Ealing Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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