Postcode · Liverpool
Crime in L31 7AR
How much crime is recorded in L31 7AR, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Maghull South West
- Council
- Sefton
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,433 (2024)
L31 7ARLiverpool
How safe is L31 7AR
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 19.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the L31 7AR 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
19.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
31
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).
L31 7ARNational
Violence and sexual offences15.923.6
Burglary4.99.1
Public order2.94.6
Criminal damage and arson2.14.7
Anti-social behaviour2.010.7
Other theft1.14.5
Drugs1.12.4
Other crime1.11.5
Vehicle crime1.03.5
Possession of weapons0.90.9
Shoplifting0.98.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 12% 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.