Total Crime Rate

68.4 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

46.8 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 68.4 6/10
  • Violent crimes 46.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.0 7/10
  • Public order 10.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.2 6/10
  • Other theft 7.2 6/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Shaftesbury Avenue area has the 29th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Birkdale , and the 345th highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Shaftesbury Avenue (PR8 4ND) in the last 12 months was 68.4 per 1,000 residents and was 49.5% higher 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 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 13 (≈ 46.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shaftesbury Avenue (PR8 4ND), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Shaftesbury Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Grantham Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Central Avenue —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Suffolk Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Suffolk Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Halsall Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stafford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Central Avenue Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences New Cut Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Central Avenue Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Essex Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Central Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Central Avenue Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Central Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Farnborough Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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