Total Crime Rate
237.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Prescot Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Edge Hill , and the 207th highest crime rate of 1,559 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 Prescot Road (L7 0JA) in the last 12 months was 237.4 per 1,000 residents and was 146.2% higher 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 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 58 (≈ 132.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Prescot Road (L7 0JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kelso Road, where police recorded 93 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Geneva Road (50 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Edge Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Onslow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Elstree Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Balmoral Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Lilley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Prospect Vale | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Holly Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Grove Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Grove Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lockerby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bridgemere Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelso Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Onslow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Fareham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fareham Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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