Total Crime Rate

27.9 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 27.9 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.0 4/10
  • Other theft 8.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Longford Road area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 110 local areas in Birkdale , and the 259th lowest 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 Longford Road (PR8 4JS) in the last 12 months was 27.9 per 1,000 residents and was 35.2% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 14.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 43.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Longford Road (PR8 4JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bedford Road, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lyndhurst Road (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Longford Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dinorwic Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bedford Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Betula Bank Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dinorwic Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Clifford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clifford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clifford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clifford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dinorwic Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vivian Drive —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shaw'S Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lyndhurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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