Postcode · Bootle
Crime in L30 5QL
How much crime is recorded in L30 5QL, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Netherton North
- Council
- Sefton
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,351 (2024)
L30 5QLBootle
How safe is L30 5QL
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 35.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the L30 5QL area, above 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
35.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
88
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).
L30 5QLNational
Violence and sexual offences30.623.6
Drugs14.92.4
Criminal damage and arson13.34.7
Anti-social behaviour9.610.7
Public order6.74.6
Other crime3.61.5
Burglary2.79.1
Vehicle crime2.53.5
Bicycle theft2.51.0
Other theft1.54.5
Possession of weapons1.30.9
Theft from the person0.22.1
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 10% 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.