Crime Statistics for Speke, Liverpool, Liverpool, 2024

Crime statistics for Speke, Liverpool

There were a total of 153 street level crime incidents in Speke in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Speke, 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 Crime57
Criminal Damage Arson17
Public Order15
Anti Social Behaviour14
Other Theft13
Drugs8
Burglary8
Other Crime7
Vehicle Crime7
Shoplifting5
Possession Of Weapons1
Theft From The Person1
All Crime153

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Speke. 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 Speke

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Garston (2.56 miles)184
Halewood (1.24 miles)183
Speke153
Netherley (3.11 miles)153
Gateacre (2.78 miles)122
Allerton (2.63 miles)119
Grassendale (3.34 miles)112
Tarbock Green (2.78 miles)33
Hale (1.39 miles)27
Hale Bank (2.48 miles)19

4.4%
of Halewood South residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Speke?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Garston66
Netherley61
Halewood58
Speke57
Allerton53
Grassendale48
Gateacre42
Tarbock Green14
Hale14
Hale Bank6

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

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 Speke 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 Speke compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Speke and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Speke is ranked #8.

#WardScore
1Broadheath75
2Hough Green69
3Speke-Garston66
4Ditton62
5Hale60
6Allerton and Hunts Cross58
7Cressington54
8Halewood South52
9Halewood North50
10Woolton39
11Heath37

Which road in Speke has the highest level of crime?

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

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