Crime Statistics for Little Crosby, Sefton, Sefton, 2024

Crime statistics for Little Crosby, Sefton

There were a total of 57 street level crime incidents in Little Crosby 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 Little Crosby, 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 Crime20
Criminal Damage Arson8
Anti Social Behaviour7
Public Order5
Shoplifting5
Burglary4
Other Crime3
Vehicle Crime2
Other Theft1
Drugs1
Bicycle Theft1
All Crime57

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 Little Crosby. 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 Little Crosby

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Great Crosby (1.39 miles)229
Waterloo (1.92 miles)193
Crosby (0.8 miles)89
Little Crosby57
Blundellsands (0.65 miles)40
Brighton le Sands (1.39 miles)36
Homer Green (1.96 miles)24
Lady Green (1.24 miles)12
Carr Houses (1.39 miles)6
Ince Blundell (1.39 miles)6

2.81%
of Manor (Sefton) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Little Crosby?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Great Crosby84
Waterloo78
Crosby31
Little Crosby20
Blundellsands12
Brighton le Sands9
Homer Green8
Lady Green5
Carr Houses2
Ince Blundell2

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

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 Little Crosby 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 Little Crosby compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Little Crosby and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Little Crosby is ranked #6.

#WardScore
1St Oswald76
2Ford73
3Church68
4Litherland68
5Netherton and Orrell56
6Manor46
7Victoria44
8Blundellsands31
9Park24
10Aughton and Downholland23
11Ravenmeols23

Which road in Little Crosby has the highest level of crime?

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

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