Total Crime Rate

137.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 137.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.7 7/10
  • Drugs 24.7 10/10
  • Other theft 21.1 10/10
  • Public order 17.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.0 4/10
  • Burglary 7.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.5 3/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Edge Lane area has the 25th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Everton East , and the 454th highest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Edge Lane (L7 2PQ) in the last 12 months was 137.3 per 1,000 residents and was 6.5% lower than the Everton East average (146.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 56.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Edge Lane (L7 2PQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wedgewood Street, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cliff Street (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Edge Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Wedgewood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peet Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wedgewood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Odsey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wedgewood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Old College Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wedgewood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chiswell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old College Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wrenbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Odsey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Toft Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft Stamford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Anglezark Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wrenbury Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stamford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wrenbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wrenbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Dell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Ling Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old College Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Old College Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Holt Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Robbery Wavertree Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Wavertree Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flaxman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Durning Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Odsey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Holt Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Minto Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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