We have compiled the city’s rat league based on the areas with the most call outs to pest control in 2024
Some parts of Liverpool have issues with rats (Image: Getty)
There are few worse discoveries to make in or around your home than finding a rat. No one wants to see a rodent running through their hallway or garden.
Unfortunately that was the case for lots of people in Liverpool last year, who were forced to contact the pest control team at Liverpool City Council to come and remove rodents from their homes.
The council has taken lots of action to try and combat pest issues in the city in recent years, including efforts to improve properties and alleyways and to provide different types of bins for communities. But despite this, there are still rat and rodent problems for many.
The ECHO submitted a Freedom of Information request to Liverpool City Council asking for the number of call outs made by the council’s pest control team to properties in different parts of the city in 2024 where rats had been reported. From this we have constructed the Liverpool rat league, with the worst affected areas of the city at the top. The league is divided up into council wards and can be found below.
Norris Green – 366
Anfield – 303
Yew Tree – 251
Kensington and Fairfield – 224
County – 218
Belle Vale – 200Croxteth – 185
Walton – 178
Old Swan East – 173
Dingle – 169
Smithdown – 168
Knotty Ash and Dovecot Park – 167
Old Swan West – 166
Childwall – 155
Broadgreen – 152
Clubmoor East – 150
Tuebrook Larkhill – 147
Sandfield Park – 141
Kirkdale East – 140
Clubmoor West – 139
Everton East – 136
Garston – 127
Speke – 119
West Derby Muirhead – 116
West Derby Leysbrook – 111
Princes Park – 110
West Derby Leyfield – 109
Vauxhall – 106
Wavertree Village – 97
Tuebrook Breckside Park – 97
Toxteth – 93
Stoneycroft -93
Everton North – 92
Fazakerley East – 86
Everton West – 82
Edge Hill – 81
Kirkdale West – 81
Woolton Village – 78
Wavertree Garden Suburb – 68
Springwood – 60
Gateacre – 59
Fazakerley North – 58
Canning – 58
Arundel – 58
Canning – 58
Croxteth Country Park – 57
Penny Lane – 56
Church – 53
Calderstones – 53
St Michaels – 52
Sefton Park – 45
Mossley Hill – 41
Aigburth – 41
Allerton – 38
Orrell Park – 33
City Centre South – 33
Greenbank Park – 23
City Centre North – 19
Brownlow Hill – 13