Total Crime Rate
19.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Halsall Road area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 108 local areas in Birkdale , and the 172nd lowest 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 Halsall Road (PR8 3DB) in the last 12 months was 19.1 per 1,000 residents and was 58.2% lower 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -92.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Halsall Road (PR8 3DB), the main crime hotspot is near Central Avenue. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birkdale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grantham Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Central Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Halsall Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Cut Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Suffolk Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Avenue | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Avenue | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stafford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Central Avenue | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Suffolk Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farnborough Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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