Crime Statistics for Marshside, Sefton, Sefton, 2024

Crime statistics for Marshside, Sefton

There were a total of 53 street level crime incidents in Marshside in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Marshside, 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 Crime26
Anti Social Behaviour7
Public Order7
Shoplifting4
Other Theft3
Criminal Damage Arson3
Possession Of Weapons1
Bicycle Theft1
Vehicle Crime1
All Crime53

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 Marshside. 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 Marshside

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Southport (1.75 miles)337
Churchtown (0.88 miles)236
Blowick (1.96 miles)159
Birkdale (3.1 miles)64
Marshside53
Crossens (0.62 miles)52
Fiddler’s Ferry (0.88 miles)48
Pool Hey (2.48 miles)38
Banks (1.96 miles)27
Far Banks (2.77 miles)18

8.45%
of Norwood residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Marshside?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Southport148
Churchtown118
Blowick82
Birkdale35
Marshside26
Crossens26
Fiddler’s Ferry22
Pool Hey16
Banks16
Far Banks9

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

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 Marshside 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 Marshside compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Duke's55
2Kew42
3Norwood37
4Ainsdale36
5Cambridge34
6Birkdale32
7North Meols29
8Ansdell25
9St Johns19
10Meols19
11Scarisbrick12

Which road in Marshside has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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