Total Crime Rate
137.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ormskirk Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Molyneux , and the 155th highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ormskirk Road (L9 5AA) in the last 12 months was 137.3 per 1,000 residents and was 79.1% higher than the Molyneux average (76.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -41.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 47.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ormskirk Road (L9 5AA), the main crime hotspot is near Grand National Avenue. Police recorded 41 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Molyneux| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grand National Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Grand National Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Grand National Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grand National Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grand National Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grand National Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grand National Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grand National Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grand National Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grand National Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grand National Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grand National Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grand National Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grand National Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grand National Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grand National Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grand National Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grand National Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grand National Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ribblesdale Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Redland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ealing Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ascroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ascroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ascroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Church Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Redland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Redland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redland Road | Under investigation |
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