Total Crime Rate

139.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 139.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.6 8/10
  • Public order 18.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.2 8/10
  • Drugs 13.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.5 5/10
  • Other theft 10.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.9 7/10
  • Burglary 5.3 6/10
  • Other crime 5.3 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Picton Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Edge Hill , and the 443rd highest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Picton Road (L15 4LF) in the last 12 months was 139.5 per 1,000 residents and was 44.6% 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 Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 73.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 86.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Picton Road (L15 4LF), the main crime hotspot is near Wells Street. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Picton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broxton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hey Green Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wellington Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Larkfield View Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Wellington Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wellington Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wellington Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Wellington Grove Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tiverton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Olton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Olton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairbank Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Strathcona Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Strathcona Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goswell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Goswell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Olton Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nelson Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rexmore Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Fairbank Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellington Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stevenson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edington Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Picton Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Eastdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wells Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wells Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Wells Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wells Street
Sep 2025Public order Dunstan Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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