Total Crime Rate

129.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

48.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 129.9 8/10
  • Violent crimes 48.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.0 10/10
  • Public order 26.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.7 5/10
  • Drugs 16.2 9/10
  • Other crime 9.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Church Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Ford , and the 176th highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Church Road (L21 5HE) in the last 12 months was 129.9 per 1,000 residents and was 34.0% higher than the Ford average (96.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 48.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 38.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Road (L21 5HE), the main crime hotspot is near Thackeray Gardens. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Church Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thackeray Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vincent Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Netherton Park Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Vincent Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thackeray Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Anderson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kirkstone Road South Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harrington Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Harrington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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