Crime Rates at Upper Newington, Liverpool, L1 2SR

Upper Newington area has the 7th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Brownlow Hill , and the 21st highest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Liverpool .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Upper Newington (L1 2SR) in the last 12 months was 1037.2 per 1,000 residents and was 62.1% 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 72 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 113 (≈ 525.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upper Newington (L1 2SR), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 829 crimes here, including 461 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.