Crime Rates at Prescot Road, Old Swan, Liverpool, L13 5XE

Prescot Road area has the highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Broadgreen , and the 40th highest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Prescot Road (L13 5XE) in the last 12 months was 692.3 per 1,000 residents and was 459.0% higher than the Broadgreen average (123.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 58 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -39.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 203.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Prescot Road (L13 5XE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fernleigh Road, where police recorded 69 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Aylesford Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.