Total Crime Rate
17934.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7387.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Johns Lane area has the highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Brownlow Hill , and the highest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Liverpool .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Johns Lane (L1 1HF) in the last 12 months was 17934.8 per 1,000 residents and was 2702.1% higher than the Brownlow Hill average (640.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1,362 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 26 cases , up 8.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 21.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -10.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2,039 (≈ 7387.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Johns Lane (L1 1HF), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 526 crimes here, including 237 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Back Lime Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Back Lime Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Lime Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Lime Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Lime Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Back Lime Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Lime Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Lime Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sir Thomas Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Lime Street | — |
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