Total Crime Rate
84.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Blyth 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.
View Crime In Ford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Stephen'S Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St Mark'S Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Dunstan'S Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | St Dunstan'S Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carr Meadow Hey | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carr Meadow Hey | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carr Meadow Hey | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Luke'S Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Leonard'S Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Patrick'S Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Dale Acre Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Davids Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fatherside Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Fatherside Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Fatherside Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Stephen'S Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | St Stephen'S Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mack Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Swift'S Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nunsford Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Dunstan'S Grove | Under investigation |
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