Total Crime Rate

3.2 per 1,000 1/10 · Very 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 3.2 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.2 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • 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
  • Other theft 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

Shaws Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 110 local areas in Birkdale , and the 6th 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 Shaws Road (PR8 4LR) in the last 12 months was 3.2 per 1,000 residents and was 92.5% 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 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -83.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shaws Road (PR8 4LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clifford Road, where police recorded 11 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 Shaws Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Guildford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stafford 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 2025Other theft Essex Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lyndhurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shaw'S Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
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Data Sources

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