Total Crime Rate
45.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bridgewater Street area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in Canning , and the 467th lowest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Liverpool .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bridgewater Street (L1 0AS) in the last 12 months was 45.7 per 1,000 residents and was 61.7% lower than the Canning average (119.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 36.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bridgewater Street (L1 0AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pitt Street, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Plaza Boulevard (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tabley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fisher Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raffles Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raffles Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Raffles Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Griffiths Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brindley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brindley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brindley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brindley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fisher Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nelson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Suffolk Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grenville Street South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Flint Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grenville Street South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Flint Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jamaica Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Jamaica Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Cornwallis Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cornwallis Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Suffolk Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Suffolk Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jamaica Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bridgewater Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Norfolk Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Norfolk Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Norfolk Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plaza Boulevard | Under investigation |
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