Total Crime Rate

84.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 84.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.6 8/10
  • Drugs 9.4 8/10
  • Public order 9.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.7 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.7 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Blyth Hey area has the 39th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Ford , and the 286th 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 Blyth Hey (L30 2QS) in the last 12 months was 84.5 per 1,000 residents and was 7.8% 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 Violence and sexual offences ( 266.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 61.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 116.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blyth Hey (L30 2QS), the main crime hotspot is near St Patrick'S Drive. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Blyth Hey area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Stephen'S Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Mark'S Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Dunstan'S Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime St Dunstan'S Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carr Meadow Hey Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carr Meadow Hey Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carr Meadow Hey Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Luke'S Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Leonard'S Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Patrick'S Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Dale Acre Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft St Davids Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fatherside Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Fatherside Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Fatherside Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Stephen'S Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime St Stephen'S Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mack Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Swift'S Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nunsford Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Dunstan'S Grove Under investigation

Data Sources

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