Total Crime Rate
31.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Prescot Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Edge Hill , and the 304th 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 Prescot Road (L7 0LG) in the last 12 months was 31.8 per 1,000 residents and was 67.0% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 23.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Prescot Road (L7 0LG), the main crime hotspot is near Laurel Road. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 25 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 | Criminal damage and arson | A57 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Adamson Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Laurel Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Laurel Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Laburnum Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawlins Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | A57 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Romulus Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Freehold Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | 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 | Alford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawlins Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bridgemere Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Prospect Vale | Local resolution |
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