Total Crime Rate

165.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 165.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.8 8/10
  • Drugs 38.9 10/10
  • Burglary 14.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.6 8/10
  • Other theft 12.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.7 5/10
  • Other crime 9.7 9/10
  • Public order 9.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.7 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Heathcote Close area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Edge Hill , and the 362nd highest crime rate of 1,559 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 165.5 per 1,000 residents and was 71.5% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 56.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Heathcote Close (L7 6QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Longfellow Street, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cullen Street (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Heathcote Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yanwath Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newstead Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Webb Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sterndale Close
Sep 2025Robbery Buttermere Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Buttermere Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Wavertree Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Widney Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Maitland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maitland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maitland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wainwright Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cullen Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wainwright Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wainwright Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Harkbridge Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Wainwright Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Wainwright Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Steve Biko Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Steve Biko Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Steve Biko Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Steve Biko Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Yanwath Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Wavertree Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grierson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Longfellow Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Longfellow Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grierson Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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