Crime Statistics for Croxteth, Liverpool, Liverpool, 2024

Crime statistics for Croxteth, Liverpool

There were a total of 188 street level crime incidents in Croxteth 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 Croxteth, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime82
Public Order20
Criminal Damage Arson16
Other Theft14
Shoplifting14
Vehicle Crime11
Drugs9
Robbery5
Anti Social Behaviour5
Other Crime5
Burglary4
Possession Of Weapons3
All Crime188

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 Croxteth. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Croxteth

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Clubmoor (2.24 miles)493
Stockbridge Village (2.24 miles)302
Fazakerley (1.24 miles)225
Northwood (2.24 miles)222
Gillmoss188
Croxteth188
Aintree (2.24 miles)177
Southdene (0.88 miles)138
Knowsley (1.96 miles)68
Moss Side (2.55 miles)17

10.08%
of Croxteth residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Croxteth?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Clubmoor211
Stockbridge Village126
Fazakerley105
Northwood96
Gillmoss82
Croxteth82
Aintree70
Southdene54
Knowsley29
Moss Side3

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

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 Croxteth 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 Croxteth compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Croxteth and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Croxteth is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Clubmoor85
2Norris Green85
3Knotty Ash77
4Yew Tree75
5Cherryfield72
6Fazakerley67
7West Derby67
8Whitefield63
9Croxteth59
10Stockbridge58
11Molyneux42

Which road in Croxteth has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: February 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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