Postcode sector · Liverpool
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)
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
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
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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10
20
30
40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.