Crime Rates at St Bernards Drive, Bootle, L30 2QX

St Bernards Drive 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 St Bernards Drive (L30 2QX) 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 St Bernards Drive (L30 2QX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fleetwood'S Lane, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Nicholas' Drive (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.