Total Crime Rate
50.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pilch Lane area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Knotty Ash & Dovecot Park , and the 517th lowest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Liverpool .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Pilch Lane (L14 0JF) in the last 12 months was 50.3 per 1,000 residents and was 44.5% lower than the Knotty Ash & Dovecot Park average (90.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 30.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.7% 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 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ancroft Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pagebank Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Pagebank Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Moss Gate Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Moss Gate Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grant Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grant Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Grant Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grant Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashfarm Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashfarm Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Adcote Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Adcote Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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