Crime Statistics for Birkdale, Sefton, Sefton, 2024

There were a total of 94 street level crime incidents in Birkdale in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Birkdale, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	44
Public Order	17
Criminal Damage Arson	10
Other Theft	8
Vehicle Crime	5
Anti Social Behaviour	3
Other Crime	2
Shoplifting	2
Drugs	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	94

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Birkdale. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Birkdale

We've taken the ten nearest places to Birkdale and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Birkdale has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Southport (1.39 miles)	337
Churchtown (2.24 miles)	207
Blowick (1.39 miles)	126
Birkdale	94
Marshside (3.1 miles)	53
Ainsdale (2.24 miles)	50
Pool Hey (1.86 miles)	38
Brown Edge (1.96 miles)	11
Carr Cross (2.56 miles)	4
Shirdley Hill (2.24 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Birkdale?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Birkdale and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Southport	148
Churchtown	96
Blowick	58
Birkdale	44
Ainsdale	28
Marshside	26
Pool Hey	16
Brown Edge	7
Carr Cross	1
Shirdley Hill	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Birkdale?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Birkdale to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Birkdale compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Birkdale and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Birkdale is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Duke's	55
2	Kew	42
3	Halsall	41
4	Norwood	37
5	Ainsdale	36
6	Cambridge	34
7	Birkdale	32
8	North Meols	29
9	Harington	22
10	Meols	19
11	Scarisbrick	12

Which road in Birkdale has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Birkdale with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Vivian Drive.