Total Crime Rate

550.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 550.2 10/10
  • Other theft 171.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 119.7 10/10
  • Drugs 64.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 58.3 10/10
  • Public order 29.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.4 10/10
  • Other crime 16.2 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 16.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 12.9 6/10
  • Burglary 9.7 8/10
  • Robbery 6.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lower Lane area has the highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Fazakerley East , and the 52nd highest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lower Lane (L9 6DL) in the last 12 months was 550.2 per 1,000 residents and was 353.1% higher than the Fazakerley East average (121.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 53 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -63.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 171.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Lane (L9 6DL), the main crime hotspot is near Cardinal Gardens. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lower Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cardinal Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heronhall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cardinal Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Ternhall Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cardinal Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cardinal Gardens Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Cardinal Gardens Local resolution
Sep 2025Other crime Ternhall Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cardinal Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heronhall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heronhall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Foxglove Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Heronhall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heronhall Road
Sep 2025Drugs Falconhall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Falconhall Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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