Total Crime Rate

335.0 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 335.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 116.6 10/10
  • Drugs 52.1 10/10
  • Burglary 37.2 10/10
  • Other theft 29.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.3 9/10
  • Public order 17.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.4 9/10
  • Other crime 12.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.4 9/10
  • Shoplifting 7.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.0 7/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • 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

Prescot Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Edge Hill , and the 124th highest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Prescot Road (L7 0JB) in the last 12 months was 335.0 per 1,000 residents and was 247.3% 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 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 58 (≈ 143.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Prescot Road (L7 0JB), the main crime hotspot is near Lilly Vale. Police recorded 86 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Prescot Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/45)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lilley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adamson Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Romulus Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rawlins Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rawlins Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Stanley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Lilly Vale Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Grove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lilly Vale Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lilly Vale Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lilly Vale Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lilly Vale Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Theft from the person Lilly Vale Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Lilly Vale Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grove Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Grove Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Lilly Vale Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Edge Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Edge Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Bridgemere Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edge Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Freehold Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Alford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Drugs Prospect Vale Local resolution
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Data Sources

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