Crime Statistics for Little Altcar, Sefton, Sefton, March 2022

The aim of this article is to provide a brief overview of street level crime in Little Altcar using the latest Police statistics. Police data is usually published two months in arrears, so March 2022 are the latest figures. The data published by the Police are incidents that were reported to them in that month, not the crimes that were prosecuted and/or had further action taken. In by far the majority of incidents, no further action is taken.

There were a total of 63 street level crime incidents in Little Altcar in March 2022. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order. Below are these incidents broken down by category.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Little Altcar, 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	28
Public Order	7
Anti Social Behaviour	4
Burglary	4
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Shoplifting	4
Vehicle Crime	3
Bicycle Theft	2
Drugs	2
Robbery	2
Other Theft	1
Theft From The Person	1
Other Crime	1
All Crime	63

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2022

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Formby (0.88 miles)	85
Freshfield (1.39 miles)	67
Little Crosby (3.17 miles)	66
Little Altcar	63
Homer Green (3.51 miles)	21
Lady Green (1.96 miles)	10
Carr Houses (2.24 miles)	7
Ince Blundell (2.24 miles)	7
Great Altcar (1.24 miles)	3
Downholland Cross (3.72 miles)	1

Most violent places near Little Altcar

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Formby	42
Freshfield	34
Little Altcar	28
Little Crosby	21
Homer Green	6
Lady Green	5
Carr Houses	4
Ince Blundell	4
Great Altcar	1
Downholland Cross	0