Total Crime Rate

297.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 297.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 175.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.0 9/10
  • Public order 31.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.0 9/10
  • Drugs 18.0 10/10
  • Other crime 9.0 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.5 7/10
  • Other theft 4.5 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Howard Close area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Ford , and the 44th 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 Howard Close (L21 0HU) in the last 12 months was 297.3 per 1,000 residents and was 224.2% higher than the Ford average (91.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 207.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Howard Close (L21 0HU), the main crime hotspot is near Condron Road North. Police recorded 19 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Howard Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Lonsdale Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Octavia Hill Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Lonsdale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lonsdale Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ebenezer Howard Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pankhurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B5422 Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs B5422 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lonsdale Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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