Safety index · Liverpool · data through August 2026
Is Festival Gardens safe?
Festival Gardens shows a typical level of reported crime for Liverpool. Its SafeRoute safety index is 66 out of 100 — 8 points above the Liverpool median of 58, ranking 22nd of 64 Liverpool wards — based on 117 incidents reported to Merseyside Police within 1 km of the ward centre over the month to August 2026.
DATA THROUGH AUGUST 2026 · 1 MONTH OF DATA
The 0–100 scale is calibrated to Liverpool — a typical Liverpool ward sits near 58. It ranks Festival Gardens against other wards here, and cannot be read against a score in another city.
The largest reported category here is shoplifting (28% of reports); the full mix is broken down below.
Where incidents cluster
What's reported here
| Shoplifting | 33 · 28% | |
| Violent crime | 28 · 24% | |
| Drugs | 21 · 18% | |
| Anti-social behaviour | 11 · 9% | |
| Public order | 5 · 4% | |
| Other theft | 5 · 4% |
Walking in Festival Gardens at night?
SafeRoute scores every walking route against the same official crime data on this page — and shows how much of each route runs on lit streets. Compare the routes and share your walk. Free, no account.
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- St Michaels60/100 · Moderate
- Dingle51/100 · Moderate
- Sefton Park55/100 · Moderate
- Toxteth38/100 · Elevated
- Princes Park39/100 · Elevated
Common questions
Is Festival Gardens safe at night?
Moderate overall (safety index 66/100). At night, prefer lit, busier streets — a short detour often avoids the clusters on the map above.
What is the most common crime in Festival Gardens?
Shoplifting — 33 of 117 incidents (28%) reported within 1 km of the ward centre over the month to August 2026.
How is the Festival Gardens safety index calculated?
SafeRoute weights each police-recorded incident by severity (violence weighs more than shoplifting), sums the last published month within 1 km of the ward centre, and normalises against Liverpool rates onto a 0–100 scale — higher is safer. It describes reported crime only; it is not a guarantee of safety. The scale is calibrated within Liverpool, so scores compare wards to each other and cannot be read against another city's.