Total Crime Rate
127.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hereford Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Church , and the 179th 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 Hereford Road (L21 1EQ) in the last 12 months was 127.5 per 1,000 residents and was 23.1% higher than the Church average (103.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 93.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 111.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hereford Road (L21 1EQ), the main crime hotspot is near Durham Road. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Church| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hereford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Doric Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bower Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Cambridge Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cambridge Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hereford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dewlands Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dewlands Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bower Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Doric Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hereford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Durham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Brook Vale | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Alexandra Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Alexandra Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Durham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hereford Road | Under investigation |
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