Total Crime Rate
88.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Prescot 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.
View Crime In Brownlow Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shepherd Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prospect Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Prescot Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Prescot Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prescot Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Melda Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Kinder Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Prospect Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilmartin Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Churton Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shepherd Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Greenside | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | College Street North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
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