Total Crime Rate
104.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
54.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kingsley Road area has the 34th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Arundel , and the 602nd highest crime rate of 1,552 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 Kingsley Road (L8 2XH) in the last 12 months was 104.7 per 1,000 residents and was 14.1% lower than the Arundel average (121.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 54.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kingsley Road (L8 2XH), the main crime hotspot is near Britten Close. Police recorded 56 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Gate East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cairns Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garrison Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelvin Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cawdor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Back Kelvin Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bentley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bentley Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bentley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Kelvin Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Solway Street West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pavilion Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tagus Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pavilion Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Pavilion Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Askham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Gate West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Britten Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Britten Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Britten Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Britten Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Britten Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Tagus Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bentley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ducie Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Arundel Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Jermyn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jermyn Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Princes Gate East | Under investigation |
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