Total Crime Rate

97.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 97.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.2 9/10
  • Public order 10.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 6/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Shaftesbury Avenue area has the 19th highest crime rate of 110 local areas in Birkdale , and the 244th 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 Shaftesbury Avenue (PR8 4ND) in the last 12 months was 97.1 per 1,000 residents and was 125.3% higher 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 79.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shaftesbury Avenue (PR8 4ND), the main crime hotspot is near Central Avenue. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Shaftesbury Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grantham Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Central Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Central Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Lincoln Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stafford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Cut Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Essex Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Central Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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