Crime Statistics for Maghull, Sefton, Sefton, 2024

There were a total of 57 street level crime incidents in Maghull in February 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 Maghull, 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	34
Criminal Damage Arson	5
Shoplifting	5
Anti Social Behaviour	4
Public Order	3
Other Theft	3
Other Crime	1
Vehicle Crime	1
Burglary	1
All Crime	57

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 Maghull. 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 Maghull

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Netherton (1.75 miles)	183
Aintree (2.48 miles)	177
Maghull	57
Moss Side (1.39 miles)	52
Holt Green (1.75 miles)	39
Bowker’s Green (2.24 miles)	28
Homer Green (1.86 miles)	16
Royal Oak (2.55 miles)	14
Alt (0.89 miles)	10
Aughton (2.24 miles)	6

Where are the most violent places near Maghull?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Netherton	86
Aintree	70
Moss Side	40
Maghull	34
Holt Green	30
Bowker’s Green	24
Royal Oak	12
Homer Green	6
Alt	2
Aughton	2

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

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 Maghull 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 Maghull compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	St Oswald	76
2	Ford	73
3	Whitefield	63
4	Manor	46
5	Molyneux	42
6	Sudell	27
7	Park	24
8	Aughton and Downholland	23
9	Ravenmeols	23
10	Bickerstaffe	19
11	Aughton Park	9

Which road in Maghull has the highest level of crime?

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