Total Crime Rate

74.2 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 74.2 6/10
  • Drugs 27.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.5 4/10
  • Public order 8.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.5 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.5 5/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Other theft 2.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Prospect Vale area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Edge Hill , and the 736th 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 8PQ) in the last 12 months was 74.2 per 1,000 residents and was 23.1% lower than the Edge Hill average (96.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 900.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 24.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Prospect Vale (L6 8PQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Grove Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Prospect Vale area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Grove Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Whitland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Park/Open Space Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Elstree Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Drugs Grove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grove Road
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Park/Open Space Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carstairs Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carstairs Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Whitland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Prospect Vale Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Whitland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balmoral Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balmoral Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balmoral Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Balmoral Road Local resolution

Data Sources

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