Total Crime Rate
71.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Battery Close area has the 34th highest crime rate of 105 local areas in Aigburth , and the 706th lowest crime rate of 1,559 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 Battery Close (L17 9PP) in the last 12 months was 71.4 per 1,000 residents and was 49.4% higher than the Aigburth average (47.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -7.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 56.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 26.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Battery Close (L17 9PP), the main crime hotspot is near Langham Avenue. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Aigburth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Larkfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ancaster Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Annesley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Langham Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Langham Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Langham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Larkfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Roxburgh Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Roxburgh Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Oxford Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Borromeo Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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