Total Crime Rate

157.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

87.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 157.0 9/10
  • Violent crimes 87.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 81.4 10/10
  • Burglary 34.9 10/10
  • Drugs 17.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.8 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.8 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Southern Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Birkdale , and the 127th 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 Southern Road (PR8 2AE) in the last 12 months was 157.0 per 1,000 residents and was 243.4% higher than the Birkdale average (45.7 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 , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 87.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Southern Road (PR8 2AE), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 114 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Southern Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Southern Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Other theft Lord Street West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Lord Street West Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lord Street West —
Apr 2026Possession of weapons St Paul'S Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Paul'S Passage Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lord Street West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Paul'S Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Southern Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Southern Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lord Street West Under investigation
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Data Sources

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