Crime Statistics for Waterloo, Sefton, Merseyside, 2024

There were a total of 183 street level crime incidents in Waterloo in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Waterloo, 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	95
Public Order	24
Shoplifting	12
Criminal Damage Arson	10
Drugs	9
Anti Social Behaviour	9
Other Theft	6
Vehicle Crime	6
Burglary	5
Possession Of Weapons	4
Other Crime	2
Robbery	1
All Crime	183

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 Waterloo. 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 Waterloo

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Litherland (0.74 miles)	305
Buckley Hill (1.49 miles)	222
Great Crosby (0.62 miles)	206
Waterloo Park (0.12 miles)	191
Netherton (2.33 miles)	183
Waterloo	183
Crosby (1.26 miles)	89
Blundellsands (1.71 miles)	46
Little Crosby (1.92 miles)	44
Brighton le Sands (1.27 miles)	43

Where are the most violent places near Waterloo?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Litherland	149
Buckley Hill	103
Waterloo Park	100
Waterloo	95
Great Crosby	93
Netherton	86
Crosby	42
Blundellsands	24
Brighton le Sands	21
Little Crosby	16

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

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 Waterloo 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 Waterloo compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Waterloo and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Resident in Waterloo have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Linacre.

#	Ward	Score
1	Linacre	90
2	St Oswald	76
3	Ford	73
4	Derby	71
5	Church	68
6	Litherland	68
7	New Brighton	62
8	Netherton and Orrell	56
9	Manor	46
10	Victoria	44
11	Blundellsands	31

Which road in Waterloo has the highest level of crime?

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