Postcode · Liverpool
Crime in L12 5ER
How much crime is recorded in L12 5ER, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Muirhead Avenue
- Council
- Liverpool
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,468 (2024)
L12 5ERLiverpool
How safe is L12 5ER
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 20.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the L12 5ER area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
20.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
32
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
L12 5ERNational
Violence and sexual offences15.023.6
Burglary4.69.1
Vehicle crime3.13.5
Other theft2.44.5
Criminal damage and arson2.34.7
Public order2.34.6
Drugs1.72.4
Other crime1.61.5
Anti-social behaviour0.910.7
Robbery0.81.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 16% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.