Postcode · Southport
Crime in PR8 6DA
How much crime is recorded in PR8 6DA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Meols Cop
- Council
- Sefton
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,513 (2024)
PR8 6DASouthport
How safe is PR8 6DA
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 25.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the PR8 6DA area, below 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
25.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
43
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
PR8 6DANational
Violence and sexual offences17.323.6
Vehicle crime6.03.5
Burglary4.59.1
Public order4.24.6
Other theft3.84.5
Anti-social behaviour2.610.7
Other crime2.21.5
Criminal damage and arson1.84.7
Shoplifting1.68.4
Drugs1.42.4
Robbery0.51.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 24% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
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30
40
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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.