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Crime · Meols
Reported crime in Meols
339 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 38 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
339
Rate / 1,000
38
Categories
13
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 129 | 38% |
| Shoplifting | 50 | 15% |
| Anti social behaviour | 37 | 11% |
| Public order | 31 | 9% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 20 | 6% |
| Other theft | 18 | 5% |
| Other crime | 15 | 4% |
| Burglary | 12 | 4% |
| Vehicle crime | 10 | 3% |
| Drugs | 8 | 2% |
| Possession of weapons | 4 | 1% |
| Robbery | 4 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 1 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 12 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 129 |
| Shoplifting | 1 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 50 | |
| Anti social behaviour | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 37 | |
| Public order | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 31 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 20 | |||
| Other theft | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||
| Other crime | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | ||||
| Burglary | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Vehicle crime | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | ||||||
| Drugs | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||||||
| Possession of weapons | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Robbery | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 32 | 20 | 36 | 25 | 21 | 39 | 32 | 20 | 32 | 22 | 24 | 36 | 339 |
FewerMore
police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Meols, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 8,975.