Total Crime Rate

115.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

45.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 115.8 8/10
  • Violent crimes 45.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.9 6/10
  • Public order 16.1 9/10
  • Other theft 12.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.7 7/10
  • Shoplifting 9.7 5/10
  • Burglary 6.4 7/10
  • Other crime 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Liverpool Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Ainsdale , and the 202nd highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Liverpool Road (PR8 3NT) in the last 12 months was 115.8 per 1,000 residents and was 123.5% higher than the Ainsdale average (51.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 45.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Liverpool Road (PR8 3NT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bowness Avenue, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brookdale (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Liverpool Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brookdale —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Heather Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bowness Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bowness Avenue —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rose Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bowness Avenue —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bowness Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shirdley Crescent Further investigation is not in the public interest
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Data Sources

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