Total Crime Rate
40.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
21.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Larkfield Lane area has the 43rd lowest crime rate of 99 local areas in Cambridge , and the 375th lowest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Larkfield Lane (PR9 8NR) in the last 12 months was 40.0 per 1,000 residents and was 46.2% lower than the Cambridge average (74.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 21.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Larkfield Lane (PR9 8NR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fylde Road (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Meols| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Preston New Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fylde Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairhaven Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seacroft Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Fairhaven Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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