Total Crime Rate

31.8 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 31.8 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.5 4/10
  • Public order 8.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.9 1/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Prescot 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.

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Crime Over Time in Prescot Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A57 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adamson Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Laurel Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Laurel Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Laburnum Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laburnum Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rawlins Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A57 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Romulus Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Freehold Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Alford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Stanley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rawlins Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Bridgemere Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Prospect Vale Local resolution

Data Sources

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