Total Crime Rate
62.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ripley Avenue area has the 41st lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Ford , and the 368th 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 Ripley Avenue (L21 9LR) in the last 12 months was 62.5 per 1,000 residents and was 35.5% lower than the Ford average (96.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 42.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ripley Avenue (L21 9LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gale Road, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Overton Avenue (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pankhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumpsty Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lowden Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lonsdale Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ripley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ripley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Wall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wheatfield View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirk Stone Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Gale Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sonning Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Overton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Overton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Jersey Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ford Close | Under investigation |
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