Total Crime Rate
255.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
142.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Prescot Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Old Swan East , and the 192nd highest crime rate of 1,552 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 Prescot Road (L13 3BS) in the last 12 months was 255.5 per 1,000 residents and was 139.1% higher than the Old Swan East average (106.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 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 45 (≈ 142.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Prescot Road (L13 3BS), the main crime hotspot is near Gidlow Road. Police recorded 72 crimes here, including 44 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Ronald Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gidlow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Maskell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selkirk Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selkirk Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Selkirk Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brelade Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gidlow Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gidlow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gidlow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gidlow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Selkirk Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Childers Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Highfield View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Highfield View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellison Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellison Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellison Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolan Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rhuddlan Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barrymore Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Prescot Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ronald Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sark Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brelade Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Ives Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Ives Grove | — |
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