Total Crime Rate
132.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Freehold Street area has the 25th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Edge Hill , and the 477th highest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Freehold Street (L7 0JH) in the last 12 months was 132.7 per 1,000 residents and was 37.6% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 67.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 39.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Freehold Street (L7 0JH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Digital Way, where police recorded 72 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Laurel Road (25 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Lindale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Marrow Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Laburnum Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | West Bank Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Freehold Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawlins Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawlins Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Marrow Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Digital Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marrow Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Alford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lindale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lindale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Middleton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Adamson Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Romulus Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Digital Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Digital Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stanley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Digital Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | A57 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bridgemere Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Laurel Road | Under investigation |
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