Total Crime Rate
215.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
106.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lark Lane area has the 10th highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Aigburth , and the 245th highest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Liverpool .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lark Lane (L17 8US) in the last 12 months was 215.5 per 1,000 residents and was 275.2% higher than the Aigburth average (57.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 83.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 106.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lark Lane (L17 8US), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Thirlstane Street, where police recorded 126 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (32 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 | Elsmere Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thirlstane Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thirlstane Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thirlstane Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thirlstane Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thirlstane Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thirlstane Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thirlstane Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thirlstane Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thirlstane Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thirlstane Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thirlstane Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thirlstane Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thirlstane Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Forge Cottages | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thirlstane Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thirlstane Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thirlstane Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Siddeley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hesketh Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Siddeley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lark Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linnet Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Linnet Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linhope Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bertram Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bertram Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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