Total Crime Rate
488.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Prescot Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Edge Hill , and the 66th 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 0LD) in the last 12 months was 488.3 per 1,000 residents and was 406.2% 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 67 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 83.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -54.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 93 (≈ 242.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Prescot Road (L7 0LD), 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.
View Crime In Edge Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Prospect Vale | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Whitland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Elstree Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Holly Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Grove Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Grove Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grove Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lockerby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lockerby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Freehold Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Whitland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Whitland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lilly Vale | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lilly Vale | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lilly Vale | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lilly Vale | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lilly Vale | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lilly Vale | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Lilly Vale | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilly Vale | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilly Vale | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilly Vale | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilly Vale | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Lilly Vale | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Lilley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Laurel Road | Awaiting court outcome |
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