Total Crime Rate
522.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
308.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Prescot Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Edge Hill , and the 65th highest crime rate of 1,552 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 0LD) in the last 12 months was 522.2 per 1,000 residents and was 459.4% 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 86 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 118 (≈ 308.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Prescot Road (L7 0LD), the main crime hotspot is near Lilly Vale. Police recorded 95 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Freehold Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Laurel Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | 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 | Drugs | Laurel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lockerby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lockerby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lockerby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lilly Vale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilly Vale | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilly Vale | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Romulus Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Marcot Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marcot Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Prospect Vale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grove Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Freehold Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Freehold Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rufford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Elm Vale | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holland Street | Under investigation |
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