Total Crime Rate
251.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
127.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Prescot Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Edge Hill , and the 198th 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 Prescot Road (L7 0JA) in the last 12 months was 251.1 per 1,000 residents and was 169.0% higher 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 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 56 (≈ 127.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Prescot Road (L7 0JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lilly Vale, where police recorded 95 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Geneva Road (57 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lister Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Geneva Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Marcot Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beech Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Beech Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hinton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Geneva Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Geneva Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Geneva Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Callander Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Callander Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hendon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Elm Vale | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grove Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Laurel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laurel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laurel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Laurel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Onslow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marcot Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Onslow Road | Under investigation |
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