Total Crime Rate
112.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wavertree Vale area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Edge Hill , and the 582nd highest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wavertree Vale (L15 1ER) in the last 12 months was 112.6 per 1,000 residents and was 16.8% higher than the Edge Hill average (96.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 75.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 46.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wavertree Vale (L15 1ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 123 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Liscard Road (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Edge Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ormsby Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Picton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cinema Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Macdonald Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cinema Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cretan Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Methuen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cretan Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lawrence Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Picton Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Picton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cecil Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Purser Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Purser Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Purser Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bartlett Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Gordon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pengwern Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Macdonald Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cecil Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Newhouse Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lawrence Grove | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ormsby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Broadwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Banner Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Kempton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Picton Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Picton Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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