Gateacre, Liverpool: Safety
Safety
Gateacre is significantly safer than the UK average, and things are getting better. Crimes dropped from 271 in 2024 to 219 in 2025, with 2026 looking even lower.
In 2025, Gateacre averaged around 18 crimes per month. For a neighbourhood this size, the UK average is nearly 58. That's a real difference, and it puts Gateacre well below both national and North West figures.
Compared to neighbouring areas, Gateacre stands out as noticeably quieter. Belle Vale recorded over 1,400 crimes in 2025. Gateacre recorded 219.
Anti-social behaviour is low too — just 28 incidents in 2025 against a UK average of 109. That tells you this is a settled, community-minded neighbourhood.
Source: police-recorded crime for Gateacre ward (Merseyside Police, data.police.uk), Jan 2024–Aug 2026; residents from Census 2021. This summary may predate the latest data release; the table below has the current figures.
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Crime rate comparison
Crimes per 1,000 residents, Jan–Dec 2025. Gateacre ward: Merseyside Police data via data.police.uk; residents from Census 2021. Averages are for all wards in the area over the same months. Planna's safety index uses the latest 12 months instead, so it can differ.
2024
2025
Jan–Aug 2026
Gateacre ward
Crimes/1,000 residents
35.7
Lower than
UK average (England, Wales & N. Ireland)
98.8
Lower than
North West region average
99
Neighbouring wards
Lower than
Much Woolton & Hunts Cross
69.9
Lower than
Belle Vale
108.7
Lower than
Woolton Village
72.2
Higher than
Childwall
31.7
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Types of Crime
Share of police-recorded crimes in Gateacre ward and the North West region average, Jan–Dec 2025.
This ward
Regional average
- Violent offences39%39%
- Anti-social behaviour13%17%
- Shoplifting10%6%
- Criminal damage and arson9%8%
- Burglary8%3%
- Vehicle crime7%3%
- Public order7%8%
- Drugs2%5%
- Other theft2%5%
- Other crime1%2%
- Bicycle theft<1%1%
