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Crime in PR9

How much crime is recorded in PR9, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Sefton
Region
North West
Population
56,129 (2024)
Crime

How safe is PR9

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 30.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in PR9, 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
30.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
65
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

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).

PR9National
Violence and sexual offences26.823.6
Shoplifting8.48.4
Anti-social behaviour7.310.7
Public order7.04.6
Drugs5.02.4
Criminal damage and arson4.14.7
Burglary3.99.1
Other theft3.54.5
Vehicle crime1.43.5
Other crime1.31.5
Robbery1.11.4
Possession of weapons1.00.9
Bicycle theft0.91.0
Theft from the person0.62.1
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

It has fallen 23% since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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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.

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