Total Crime Rate
102.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
55.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Four Acre Drive area has the 36th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Ford , and the 230th highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .
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 Four Acre Drive (L21 0ET) in the last 12 months was 102.6 per 1,000 residents and was 5.8% higher than the Ford average (96.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 54.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Four Acre Drive (L21 0ET), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Randall Drive, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Farm View (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ryefield Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Randall Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Randall Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Randall Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Randall Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Randall Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Randall Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Randall Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lonsdale Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadow View | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Heath View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heath View | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heath View | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ryefield Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Randall Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Four Acre Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Four Acre Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Wall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wheatfield View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oatfield Lane | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirk Stone Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Hey | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ford View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ford View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ford View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ford View | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Randall Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
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