Crime Rates at Benson Street, Liverpool, L1 2ST

Benson Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Brownlow Hill , and the 56th 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 Benson Street (L1 2ST) in the last 12 months was 559.3 per 1,000 residents and was 12.6% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 237.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Benson Street (L1 2ST), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Back Lime Street, where police recorded 409 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (195 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.