Total Crime Rate

99.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 99.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.0 6/10
  • Drugs 8.0 8/10
  • Other theft 6.4 6/10
  • Public order 6.4 5/10
  • Burglary 4.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.8 5/10
  • Other crime 3.2 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.6 1/10
  • Robbery 1.6 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Merrydale Drive area has the 13th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Croxteth , and the 657th highest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Merrydale Drive (L11 4UD) in the last 12 months was 99.7 per 1,000 residents and was 2.6% lower than the Croxteth average (102.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 48.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Merrydale Drive (L11 4UD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Regal Road, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ashwater Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Merrydale Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hebden Parade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Garter Close —
Sep 2025Drugs Galemeade Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Carr Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hebden Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mace Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Majestic Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Garter Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Carr Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Knowle Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Regal Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coronet Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Galemeade Local resolution
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Data Sources

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