Total Crime Rate
3.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Shellfield Road area has the lowest crime rate of 99 local areas in Cambridge , and the 10th lowest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Shellfield Road (PR9 9UP) in the last 12 months was 3.2 per 1,000 residents and was 95.7% 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 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -92.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shellfield Road (PR9 9UP), 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 | Salcombe Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleveleys Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fylde Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Fairhaven Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairhaven Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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