Total Crime Rate

17.5 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 17.5 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 7.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.5 2/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Public order 2.5 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.5 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Prescot Road area has the lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in Old Swan East , and the 126th lowest crime rate of 1,559 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 Prescot Road (L13 3DA) in the last 12 months was 17.5 per 1,000 residents and was 81.7% lower 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 10.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Prescot Road (L13 3DA), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Prescot Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brelade Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goschen Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Gidlow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gidlow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ronald Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ronald Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Swan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Goschen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Bolan Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gidlow Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Day Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brelade Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Brelade Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brelade Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brelade Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sark Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sark Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gidlow Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Swan Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Ives Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aviemore Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rhuddlan Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Rhuddlan Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Barrymore Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Aviemore Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aviemore Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Ives Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order St Ives Grove Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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