Total Crime Rate
409.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
193.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Priory Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Anfield , and the 88th highest crime rate of 1,552 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 Priory Road (L4 2RY) in the last 12 months was 409.7 per 1,000 residents and was 206.7% higher than the Anfield average (133.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 193.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Priory Road (L4 2RY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Abbey Road, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dewsbury Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Holbeck Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Redcar Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Thurston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Abbey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Abbey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cathedral Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wernbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Douglas Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Douglas Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redcar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pendennis Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Pinehurst Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pinehurst Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ettington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clarendon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denebank Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Ambrose Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Ambrose Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Thurston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyle Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Andrew Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dewsbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manningham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sedley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | The Coppice | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Coppice | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Coppice | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Oban Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dewsbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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