Postcode sector · Prescot
Crime in L34 9
How much crime is recorded in L34 9, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Knowsley
- Region
- North West
- Population
- 4,515 (2024)
L34 9Postcode sector · Prescot
How safe is L34 9
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 29.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in L34 9, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
29.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
90
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
L34 9National
Violence and sexual offences24.523.6
Shoplifting17.68.4
Anti-social behaviour13.010.7
Burglary11.39.1
Public order9.24.6
Drugs8.82.4
Criminal damage and arson6.94.7
Other theft2.44.5
Other crime1.71.5
Vehicle crime1.63.5
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Robbery0.41.4
Theft from the person0.42.1
Bicycle theft0.21.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 16% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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10
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.