Total Crime Rate
32.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Princess Drive area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in West Derby Deysbrook , and the 311th lowest crime rate of 1,552 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 Princess Drive (L14 8XE) in the last 12 months was 32.7 per 1,000 residents and was 39.3% lower than the West Derby Deysbrook average (53.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 30.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Princess Drive (L14 8XE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Princess Drive, where police recorded 67 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fincham Road (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Snowberry Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Serin Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Callington Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Altfinch Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colwell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colwell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Colwell Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Colwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cabes Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Altfinch Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Penshaw Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Callington Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finch Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finch Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finch Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Callington Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Snowberry Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Altfinch Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Altfinch Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fincham Square | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fincham Square | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gainford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gainford Road | Under investigation |
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