Total Crime Rate

109.3 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 109.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 23.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.6 4/10
  • Drugs 13.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.6 4/10
  • Other theft 6.6 6/10
  • Public order 6.6 6/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.3 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Church Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Ford , and the 210th highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Church Road (L21 8NY) in the last 12 months was 109.3 per 1,000 residents and was 19.2% higher than the Ford average (91.7 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 Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 23.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Road (L21 8NY), the main crime hotspot is near Marina Avenue. Police recorded 66 crimes here, including 16 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 (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gale Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marina Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cambridge Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Cambridge Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rimmer Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marina Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marina Avenue —
Sep 2025Other crime Sefton Moss Villas Under investigation
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Data Sources

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