Total Crime Rate
263.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
162.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kingsley Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Arundel , and the 181st highest crime rate of 1,552 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 Kingsley Road (L8 2XQ) in the last 12 months was 263.1 per 1,000 residents and was 115.9% higher 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 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 81 (≈ 162.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kingsley Road (L8 2XQ), the main crime hotspot is near Seacole Close. Police recorded 94 crimes here, including 60 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 | Public order | Sunnyside | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pavilion Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Kelvin Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Gate West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Britten Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Britten Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Britten Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Solway Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Solway Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Princes Gate East | 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 | Possession of weapons | Pavilion Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mozart Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seacole Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seacole Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Seacole Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Seacole Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Britten Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Britten Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Sunnyside | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Seacole Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Seacole Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Seacole Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Seaport Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Back Kelvin Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brahms Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cawdor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bentley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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