Total Crime Rate

103.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

89.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 103.3 8/10
  • Violent crimes 89.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 75.1 9/10
  • Drugs 14.1 9/10
  • Public order 14.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Blyth Hey area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Ford , and the 226th 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 103.3 per 1,000 residents and was 6.6% higher 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 14.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 89.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.7% 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 38 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In St Oswald

Crime Over Time in Blyth Hey area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Leonard'S Close —
Apr 2026Other theft St Patrick'S Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B5422 Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order St Stephen'S Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Simon'S Croft Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B5422 Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Westmorland Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime B5422 Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime St Davids Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Thomas'S Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Westmorland Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order St Patrick'S Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Patrick'S Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft B5422 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Georges Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Patrick'S Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mack Grove Under investigation
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 17 of 17

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.

↑