Sefton Central

England · E14001463

4,921 crimes recorded in the last 12 months – violence & sexual offences is the most common, rising versus the year before.

Recorded crimes (last 12m)
4,921
Most common
Violence & sexual offences rising
2,031 reports
Data to
Apr 2026

Crimes per month

482/mo peak0 baseline
May 23Apr 26

By type (last 12 months)

CategoryReportsShare
Violence & sexual offencesrising2,03141.3%
Anti-social behaviourrising66213.5%
Public orderrising4869.9%
Criminal damage & arsonrising4078.3%
Shopliftingrising3978.1%
Other theftfalling2284.6%
Drugsfalling1943.9%
Burglaryfalling1523.1%
Vehicle crimefalling1412.9%
Other crimerising1012.1%
Robberyrising471.0%
Possession of weaponsrising390.8%
Bicycle theftfalling280.6%
Theft from the personrising80.2%

The open street-level feed merges violence and sexual offences into one category. Splitting them (e.g. homicide vs sexual assault) needs ONS force-level tables, modelled to constituency in a later step.

Partial coverageSource: Street-level crime, data.police.uk (Home Office)· How we know this
Source
Street-level crime
Publisher
data.police.uk (Home Office)
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0
Retrieved
2026-09-18
How it's mapped
Aggregated from smaller areas to the constituency on a best-fit basis.

Some areas or categories are missing from this source, so treat it as partial.

Source: data.police.uk, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.