Total Crime Rate
109.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Southbank Road area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Edge Hill , and the 599th 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 Southbank Road (L7 9LP) in the last 12 months was 109.4 per 1,000 residents and was 13.4% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 58.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Southbank Road (L7 9LP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Digital Way, where police recorded 72 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Laurel Road (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Edge Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Digital Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Adamson Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawlins Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Alford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edge Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawlins Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Romulus Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Freehold Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Digital Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Digital Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Digital Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Digital Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Laburnum Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stanley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Edge Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bridgemere Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Edge Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Laurel Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Laurel Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | West Bank Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Digital Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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