Postcode · Liverpool
Crime in L12 5HT
How much crime is recorded in L12 5HT, 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 5HTLiverpool
How safe is L12 5HT
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 5HT 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
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
L12 5HTNational
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.