Total Crime Rate
56.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Aughton Road area has the 40th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Birkdale , and the 415th highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .
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 Aughton Road (PR8 2AJ) in the last 12 months was 56.1 per 1,000 residents and was 22.6% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 41.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Aughton Road (PR8 2AJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Claremont Gardens, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kent Road (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Duke's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Glenrose Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Railway Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Claremont Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Napier Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | St Paul'S Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Railway Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Paul'S Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Paul'S Passage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Railway Terrace | Under investigation |
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