Crime Rate in Ford, ward

Ford has the 6th highest crime rate of 22 wards in Sefton district and the 2102nd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North West), it has the 185th highest crime rate of 795 wards.

The overall crime rate in Ford in the last 12 months was 91.7 per 1,000 residents and was 7.3% higher than the Sefton district average (85.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Ford’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 577 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 12 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 180.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -24.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 718 (≈ 51.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Ford ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Marina Avenue, with 66 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Nunsford Close (32 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.