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Crime in L29 5

How much crime is recorded in L29 5, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Sefton
Region
North West
Population
3,886 (2024)
Crime

How safe is L29 5

Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 29.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in L29 5, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
29.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
62
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

What crime is recorded

Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).

L29 5National
Violence and sexual offences25.823.6
Public order7.04.6
Burglary7.09.1
Criminal damage and arson5.64.7
Anti-social behaviour5.310.7
Other theft5.24.5
Drugs4.92.4
Other crime1.91.5
Shoplifting1.98.4
Possession of weapons0.90.9
Vehicle crime0.73.5
Theft from the person0.52.1
Bicycle theft0.31.0
Robbery0.31.4
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.

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