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

Prescot Road area has the highest crime rate of 94 local areas in Broadgreen , and the 30th highest crime rate of 1,552 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 837.1 per 1,000 residents and was 690.2% higher than the Broadgreen average (105.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 91 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 194.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.1% 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 98 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.