Total Crime Rate

237.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 237.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 93.6 10/10
  • Drugs 45.7 10/10
  • Public order 29.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.4 6/10
  • Other theft 11.4 8/10
  • Burglary 9.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.1 7/10
  • Robbery 6.9 8/10
  • Theft from the person 6.9 8/10
  • Other crime 4.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Prescot 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.

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Crime Over Time in Prescot Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Onslow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Elstree Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lilley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Balmoral Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balmoral Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balmoral Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balmoral Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lilley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Lilley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Prospect Vale Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Holly Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Drugs Grove Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Grove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lockerby Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lilley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Bridgemere Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kelso Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Onslow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fareham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fareham Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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