Crime Statistics for Churchtown, Sefton, Sefton, 2024

There were a total of 207 street level crime incidents in Churchtown in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Churchtown, 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	96
Shoplifting	26
Public Order	22
Drugs	13
Anti Social Behaviour	11
Criminal Damage Arson	10
Vehicle Crime	9
Other Theft	6
Burglary	5
Other Crime	4
Robbery	3
Bicycle Theft	2
All Crime	207

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 Churchtown. 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 Churchtown

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Southport (0.88 miles)	329
Churchtown	207
Blowick (1.24 miles)	126
Birkdale (2.24 miles)	94
Marshside (0.88 miles)	73
Crossens (1.39 miles)	64
Fiddler’s Ferry (1.75 miles)	50
Pool Hey (1.96 miles)	28
Banks (2.77 miles)	25
Brown Edge (2.56 miles)	11

Where are the most violent places near Churchtown?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Southport	131
Churchtown	96
Blowick	58
Birkdale	44
Marshside	43
Crossens	39
Fiddler’s Ferry	27
Pool Hey	18
Banks	11
Brown Edge	7

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

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 Churchtown 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 Churchtown compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Churchtown and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Churchtown is ranked #3.

#	Ward	Score
1	Duke's	55
2	Kew	42
3	Norwood	37
4	Ainsdale	36
5	Cambridge	34
6	Birkdale	32
7	North Meols	29
8	Ansdell	25
9	Harington	22
10	Meols	19
11	Scarisbrick	12

Which road in Churchtown has the highest level of crime?

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