Total Crime Rate
247.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
110.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lime Street area has the 26th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Brownlow Hill , and the 203rd highest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Liverpool .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lime Street (L1 1RD) in the last 12 months was 247.0 per 1,000 residents and was 61.4% lower 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 175 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 4 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 43.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 236 (≈ 110.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lime Street (L1 1RD), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 460 crimes here, including 221 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 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Camden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Back Bridport Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Back Bridport Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Back Bridport Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Bridport Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Bridport Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Bridport Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Bridport Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Camden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Lime Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Camden Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Camden Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Camden Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Camden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Camden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Camden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Camden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Camden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Lime Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Lime Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Camden Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Back Lime Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Back Lime Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Lime Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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