Postcode · Liverpool
Crime in L31 8DE
How much crime is recorded in L31 8DE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Maghull North West & Lydiate
- Council
- Sefton
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,466 (2024)
L31 8DELiverpool
How safe is L31 8DE
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 15.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the L31 8DE area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
15.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
21
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 8DENational
Violence and sexual offences11.223.6
Burglary10.19.1
Anti-social behaviour1.910.7
Other theft1.24.5
Criminal damage and arson1.14.7
Vehicle crime1.03.5
Public order0.84.6
Other crime0.61.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 17% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.