Festival Gardens vs Linacre

Festival Gardens has a safety score of 12/100 (High Crime) and recorded 739 crimes in the last 12 months. Linacre has a safety score of 5/100 (High Crime) with 3,101 crimes. Festival Gardens scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Festival Gardens shows a year-on-year crime trend of +161.1% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. Linacre shows +10.7% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Festival Gardens, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (275 incidents). In Linacre, it is Violent Crime (1,331 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Festival Gardens recorded 72 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Linacre recorded 224. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Festival Gardens totalled 275 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 1,331 in Linacre. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Festival Gardens recorded 283 crimes (now 739, a change of +161.1%). Linacre recorded 2,802 crimes previously (now 3,101, +10.7%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Festival Gardens has a resolution rate of 35.8% and Linacre has 21.9%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Festival Gardens falls within the Merseyside Police boundary. Linacre is covered by Merseyside Police. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Festival Gardens and Linacre. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.