Total Crime Rate

88.3 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 88.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.8 5/10
  • Drugs 11.0 9/10
  • Public order 10.3 7/10
  • Other theft 8.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.4 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.4 6/10
  • Shoplifting 7.4 5/10
  • Burglary 4.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.5 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

Prescot Street area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 83 local areas in Brownlow Hill , and the 724th highest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Prescot Street (L7 8UH) in the last 12 months was 88.3 per 1,000 residents and was 85.6% lower than the Brownlow Hill average (613.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -38.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 34.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Prescot Street (L7 8UH), the main crime hotspot is near Guelph Street. Police recorded 199 crimes here, including 133 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Prescot Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Shepherd Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prospect Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Prescot Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Prescot Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prescot Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Melda Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building
Sep 2025Drugs Kinder Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Prospect Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gilmartin Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trafalgar Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trafalgar Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trafalgar Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Churton Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Shepherd Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Greenside Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences College Street North Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation

Data Sources

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