Total Crime Rate
573.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
217.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Simpson Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in City Centre North , and the 54th highest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Liverpool .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Simpson Street (L1 0AX) in the last 12 months was 573.8 per 1,000 residents and was 5.1% higher than the City Centre North average (546.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 217.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Simpson Street (L1 0AX), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Plaza Boulevard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brindley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Perry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Crow Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Crow Street | Under investigation |
| 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brindley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Plaza Boulevard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Plaza Boulevard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Plaza Boulevard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Plaza Boulevard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bridgewater Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Anchorage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaloner Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaloner Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brindley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fisher Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chaloner Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St James Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Newhall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parliament Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | St James Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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