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Crime · Prescot
Reported crime in Prescot
2,048 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 160 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
2,048
Rate / 1,000
160
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 710 | 35% |
| Shoplifting | 378 | 18% |
| Public order | 210 | 10% |
| Anti social behaviour | 203 | 10% |
| Drugs | 193 | 9% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 145 | 7% |
| Other theft | 61 | 3% |
| Other crime | 46 | 2% |
| Vehicle crime | 40 | 2% |
| Possession of weapons | 25 | 1% |
| Burglary | 24 | 1% |
| Robbery | 9 | 0% |
| Theft from the person | 3 | 0% |
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 74 | 80 | 51 | 51 | 58 | 41 | 55 | 59 | 56 | 64 | 56 | 65 | 710 |
| Shoplifting | 14 | 39 | 31 | 27 | 27 | 19 | 18 | 41 | 42 | 31 | 36 | 53 | 378 |
| Public order | 23 | 24 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 26 | 11 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 23 | 210 |
| Anti social behaviour | 19 | 25 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 21 | 203 |
| Drugs | 16 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 193 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 18 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 145 |
| Other theft | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 61 |
| Other crime | 9 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 46 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 40 | ||
| Possession of weapons | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 25 |
| Burglary | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 24 | ||
| Robbery | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ||||||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 185 | 211 | 146 | 152 | 142 | 144 | 156 | 143 | 201 | 181 | 194 | 193 | 2048 |
FewerMore
police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Prescot, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 12,794.