Total Crime Rate
228.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Gidlow Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Old Swan East , and the 217th highest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .
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 Gidlow Road (L13 2AW) in the last 12 months was 228.6 per 1,000 residents and was 139.1% higher than the Old Swan East average (95.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 116.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 147.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 55.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 193.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gidlow Road (L13 2AW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gidlow Road (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Old Swan East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ronald Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Swan Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Pensarn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pensarn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goschen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Goschen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Ives Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Ives Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Ives Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Rhuddlan Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Pensarn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rhuddlan Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Swan Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Swan Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ronald Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gidlow Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gidlow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gidlow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gidlow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Pensarn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Pensarn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pensarn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aviemore Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pensarn Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pensarn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brelade Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brelade Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Barrymore Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Brelade Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Brelade Road | Awaiting court outcome |
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