Total Crime Rate
144.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
98.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Picton Grove area has the 25th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Edge Hill , and the 422nd highest crime rate of 1,552 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 Picton Grove (L15 1HL) in the last 12 months was 144.8 per 1,000 residents and was 55.1% higher than the Edge Hill average (93.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 98.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 63.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Picton Grove (L15 1HL), the main crime hotspot is near Picton Grove. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alderson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plumer Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Picton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Talton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wavertree Vale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bartlett Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grosvenor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Macdonald Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Macdonald Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Methuen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Methuen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Methuen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Plumer Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wavertree Boulevard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Picton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Willow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ash Vale | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Vale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Ash Vale | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bishopgate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bishopgate Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bishopgate Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cecil Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cinema Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Picton Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cinema Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Picton Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Purser Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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