Crime Rate in City Centre South, ward

City Centre South has the 3rd highest crime rate of 64 wards in Liverpool district and the 183rd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North West), it has the 19th highest crime rate of 795 wards.

The overall crime rate in City Centre South in the last 12 months was 240.6 per 1,000 residents and was 74.0% higher than the Liverpool district average (138.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, City Centre South’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 793 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 11 cases , down -21.4% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 38.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -26.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,045 (≈ 98.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the City Centre South ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 832 crimes here, including 433 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.