Total Crime Rate
35.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Barford Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Much Woolton & Hunts Cross , and the 343rd lowest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .
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 Barford Road (L25 0PR) in the last 12 months was 35.3 per 1,000 residents and was 46.8% lower than the Much Woolton & Hunts Cross average (66.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 31.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Barford Road (L25 0PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shadowbrook Drive (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Much Woolton & Hunts Cross| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bourton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alderman Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsthorne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cascade Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cascade Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Braydon Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Braydon Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillfoot Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shadowbrook Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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