The figures are provided by Local Insights using Merseyside Police’s crime numbers, which break down criminal offences reported into specific neighbourhoods.
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Sefton is divided into 38 Middle Layer Super Output Areas (MSOAs) - or neighbourhoods - and the figures refer to where the crimes occurred, not where they were reported from.
We have listed the 17 neighbourhoods in Sefton with the smallest number of reported criminal offences in the gallery below. All photos are for illustrative purposes only and figures do not refer to any individual buildings or streets.
1. Maghull North West & Lydiate
In the Maghull North West & Lydiate area, there were 30 neighbourhood-level incidents of crime per 1,000 residents. | John Bradley/CC BY-SA 3.0/Wikimedia
2. Ainsdale West
In the Ainsdale West area, there were 32.6 neighbourhood-level incidents of crime per 1,000 residents. | Mike Pennington via Wikimedia
3. Formby West & Freshfield North
In the Formby West & Freshfield North area, there were 32.8 neighbourhood-level incidents of crime per 1,000 residents. | Google Street View
4. Hillside
In the Hillside area, there were 38.1 neighbourhood-level incidents of crime per 1,000 residents. | David Dixon via Wikimedia