Total Crime Rate
37.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Prospect Vale area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Edge Hill , and the 367th 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 Prospect Vale (L6 8PG) in the last 12 months was 37.6 per 1,000 residents and was 59.8% lower than the Edge Hill average (93.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 23.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Prospect Vale (L6 8PG), the main crime hotspot is near Lilly Vale. Police recorded 95 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Freehold Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lockerby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lockerby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grove Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Elm Vale | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hendon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Laurel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Laurel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Callander Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laurel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Freehold Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilly Vale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Freehold Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Romulus Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laurel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Callander Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lockerby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilly Vale | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilly Vale | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lilly Vale | Under investigation |
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