Total Crime Rate
142.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
99.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Orient Drive area has the 7th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Much Woolton & Hunts Cross , and the 431st highest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Liverpool .
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 Orient Drive (L25 5NZ) in the last 12 months was 142.9 per 1,000 residents and was 101.9% higher than the Much Woolton & Hunts Cross average (70.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 99.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Orient Drive (L25 5NZ), the main crime hotspot is near Ribble Road. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunts Cross Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halewood Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hollytree Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Halewood Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Orient Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Knotty Mews | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knotty Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ribble Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ribble Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ribble Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cambrian Way | Under investigation |
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