Postcode · Liverpool
Crime in L12 8SL
How much crime is recorded in L12 8SL, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Sandfield Park & Holly Lodge
- Council
- Liverpool
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,351 (2024)
L12 8SLLiverpool
How safe is L12 8SL
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 19.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the L12 8SL 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
19.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
40
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 8SLNational
Violence and sexual offences13.723.6
Anti-social behaviour5.110.7
Criminal damage and arson3.84.7
Public order3.74.6
Vehicle crime3.73.5
Burglary2.89.1
Drugs2.62.4
Other theft2.14.5
Other crime1.51.5
Possession of weapons1.00.9
Shoplifting0.78.4
Robbery0.61.4
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat 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.