Total Crime Rate

81.4 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 81.4 7/10
  • Shoplifting 33.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.6 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.8 4/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.8 6/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • 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

Hartley Crescent area has the 24th highest crime rate of 110 local areas in Birkdale , and the 296th highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hartley Crescent (PR8 4SG) in the last 12 months was 81.4 per 1,000 residents and was 88.8% higher than the Birkdale average (43.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 17.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 400.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 361.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hartley Crescent (PR8 4SG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near College Close (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hartley Crescent area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Betula Bank Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Library Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Richmond Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Onslow Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

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