Total Crime Rate

72.2 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 72.2 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Drugs 3.4 4/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Middleton Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Edge Hill , and the 717th lowest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Middleton Road (L7 0JL) in the last 12 months was 72.2 per 1,000 residents and was 25.2% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -7.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 48.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Middleton Road (L7 0JL), the main crime hotspot is near Clyde Road. Police recorded 70 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Middleton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ardleigh Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Clyde Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Clyde Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Clyde Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Clyde Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Stanley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lomond Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middleton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lindale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lindale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lindale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clyde Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A57 Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A57 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marrow Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Marrow Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Marrow Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Clyde Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Clyde Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Clyde Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clyde Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clyde Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Clyde Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Clyde Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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