Total Crime Rate
216.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
102.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Heathcote Close area has the 18th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Edge Hill , and the 243rd highest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Liverpool .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Heathcote Close (L7 6QA) in the last 12 months was 216.6 per 1,000 residents and was 132.0% 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 102.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Heathcote Close (L7 6QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wainwright Close, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cullen Street (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Corney Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maitland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maitland Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maitland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Maitland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Maitland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Steve Biko Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Steve Biko Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Steve Biko Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Maitland Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Maitland Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Maitland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buttermere Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maitland Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Yanwath Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maitland Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Webb Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wainwright Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wainwright Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wainwright Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Darrel Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Claypole Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maitland Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Buttermere Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sirdar Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cullen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cullen Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Silkstone Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Edge Hill | Under investigation |
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