Total Crime Rate

215.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

106.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 215.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 106.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 80.5 10/10
  • Burglary 31.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.9 8/10
  • Public order 25.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 11.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.6 7/10
  • Other theft 5.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lark 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.

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Crime Over Time in Lark Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elsmere Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Thirlstane Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Thirlstane Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Thirlstane Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Thirlstane Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Thirlstane Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Thirlstane Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Thirlstane Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Thirlstane Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Thirlstane Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Thirlstane Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Thirlstane Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Thirlstane Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Thirlstane Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Forge Cottages Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Thirlstane Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Thirlstane Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Thirlstane Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Drugs Siddeley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hesketh Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Siddeley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lark Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Linnet Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Linnet Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Linhope Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bertram Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bertram Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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