Total Crime Rate
202.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Eastbank Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 110 local areas in Birkdale , and the 83rd highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Eastbank Street (PR8 1EF) in the last 12 months was 202.6 per 1,000 residents and was 370.0% higher than the Birkdale average (43.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 94.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eastbank Street (PR8 1EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near London Street, where police recorded 152 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (47 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birkdale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Southport | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen Anne Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Part Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Part Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Part Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | St Andrew'S Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | London Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | London Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | London Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | London Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamlet Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamlet Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamlet Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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