Postcode · Bootle
Crime in L20 9EX
How much crime is recorded in L20 9EX, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Bootle East
- Council
- Sefton
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,136 (2024)
L20 9EXBootle
How safe is L20 9EX
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 34.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the L20 9EX area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
34.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
64
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).
L20 9EXNational
Violence and sexual offences25.323.6
Anti-social behaviour10.910.7
Burglary8.09.1
Vehicle crime6.63.5
Public order5.44.6
Drugs5.22.4
Other theft4.04.5
Criminal damage and arson1.74.7
Other crime1.21.5
Bicycle theft0.71.0
Possession of weapons0.20.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 15% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.