Total Crime Rate

54.2 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 54.2 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.6 8/10
  • Other crime 5.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.7 1/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Osborne Road area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Ford , and the 429th highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Osborne Road (L21 9HW) in the last 12 months was 54.2 per 1,000 residents and was 40.9% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 29.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Osborne Road (L21 9HW), the main crime hotspot is near Daley Road. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Osborne Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2025Other crime Sefton Moss Villas Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moss Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Moss Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gale Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Octavia Hill Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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