Total Crime Rate
31.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Prospect Vale area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Edge Hill , and the 304th lowest crime rate of 1,559 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 Prospect Vale (L6 8PG) in the last 12 months was 31.8 per 1,000 residents and was 67.0% lower than the Edge Hill average (96.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 23.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Prospect Vale (L6 8PG), the main crime hotspot is near Lilly Vale. Police recorded 86 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Edge Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Elstree Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lockerby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lilly Vale | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lilly Vale | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lilly Vale | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Lilly Vale | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Lilley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilly Vale | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilly Vale | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilly Vale | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilly Vale | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Lilly Vale | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Whitland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Whitland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Whitland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bridgemere Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lockerby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lilly Vale | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Freehold Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Laburnum Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawlins Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Prospect Vale | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Romulus Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawlins Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grove Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Grove Road | Under investigation |
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