Total Crime Rate
15.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Richard Kelly Drive area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 72 local areas in Clubmoor East , and the 109th lowest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Liverpool .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Richard Kelly Drive (L4 9SF) in the last 12 months was 15.5 per 1,000 residents and was 83.5% lower than the Clubmoor East average (94.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 7.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Richard Kelly Drive (L4 9SF), the main crime hotspot is near Abingdon Grove. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sonning Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wellfarm Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellfarm Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Philbeach Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abingdon Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abingdon Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abingdon Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abingdon Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abingdon Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sonning Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Abingdon Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Abingdon Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Abingdon Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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