Total Crime Rate
516.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
397.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cheltenham Way area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Birkdale , and the 14th 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 Cheltenham Way (PR8 5NR) in the last 12 months was 516.8 per 1,000 residents and was 1030.4% 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 100 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 130 (≈ 397.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cheltenham Way (PR8 5NR), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 125 crimes here, including 102 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Kew| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Motherwell Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Lake View Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sawdon Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ganton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ganton Close | Under investigation |
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