Total Crime Rate
119.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
63.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bridge Lane area has the 25th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Ford , and the 193rd 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 Bridge Lane (L30 3SN) in the last 12 months was 119.1 per 1,000 residents and was 22.8% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 63.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bridge Lane (L30 3SN), the main crime hotspot is near The Marian Square. Police recorded 88 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Netherton and Orrell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glover'S Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Marian Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Oswalds Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Oswalds Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Jerome'S Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Marian Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glover'S Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | The Marian Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Marian Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Marian Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Marian Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Marian Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Marian Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glover'S Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glover'S Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stand Parkway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Marian Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Marian Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Columban Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Benet'S Way | Local resolution |
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