Total Crime Rate
70.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Princes Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in Canning , and the 691st lowest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Princes Road (L8 8AD) in the last 12 months was 70.1 per 1,000 residents and was 41.6% lower than the Canning average (120.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 22.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Princes Road (L8 8AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Vining Street, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Loudon Grove (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Canning| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ducie Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elwy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mulgrave Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mulgrave Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Teilo Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pomfret Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Celtic Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Celtic Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gwent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Elwy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fernhill Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Madelaine Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rosebery Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Teilo Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maud Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maud Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maud Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Teilo Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fernhill Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mulgrave Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lothian Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elaine Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Gwendoline Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hatherley Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gwendoline Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cairns Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Loudon Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vining Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Beaconsfield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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