Total Crime Rate

107.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 107.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.5 7/10
  • Public order 18.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Drugs 9.4 8/10
  • Shoplifting 9.4 5/10
  • Other theft 7.0 6/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Robbery 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Liverpool Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Bankfield , and the 125th highest crime rate of 406 local areas in Halton .

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 Liverpool Road (WA8 7HS) in the last 12 months was 107.7 per 1,000 residents and was 40.3% higher than the Bankfield average (76.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 58.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Liverpool Road (WA8 7HS), the main crime hotspot is near Bankfield Road. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Liverpool Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Gutticar Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Avondale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gainsborough Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gainsborough Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Gainsborough Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Lodge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gutticar Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birtley Court Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birtley Court
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bankfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Marling Park Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gutticar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thirlmere Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thirlmere Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Acrefield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilsden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Wilsden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Wilsden Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Wilsden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grizedale Local resolution

Data Sources

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