Total Crime Rate

47.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 47.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.1 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.7 5/10
  • Other theft 6.7 6/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.4 2/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Pilch Lane area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Knotty Ash & Dovecot Park , and the 478th lowest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pilch Lane (L14 0JF) in the last 12 months was 47.0 per 1,000 residents and was 51.3% lower than the Knotty Ash & Dovecot Park average (96.4 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 16.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pilch Lane (L14 0JF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Grant Close (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Pilch Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Mayfair Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pagebank Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pagebank Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moss Gate Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moss Gate Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ancroft Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ancroft Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Moss Side Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ancroft Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Malvern Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Adcote Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairfield Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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