Total Crime Rate
8.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
4.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Penny Lane area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Church , and the 46th lowest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Liverpool .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Penny Lane (L18 1DE) in the last 12 months was 8.8 per 1,000 residents and was 84.8% lower than the Church average (57.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Penny Lane (L18 1DE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cronton Road, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Westgate Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beckenham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Kenyon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Calton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Calton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Blenheim Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Calton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Micklefield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Herondale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ingleton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cramond Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashdale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deepfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Deepfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Deepfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deepfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cronton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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