Total Crime Rate

6207.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 6207.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 2257.4 10/10
  • Drugs 1435.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 802.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 405.9 10/10
  • Other theft 366.3 10/10
  • Public order 336.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 148.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 138.6 10/10
  • Robbery 89.1 10/10
  • Burglary 69.3 10/10
  • Other crime 69.3 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 49.5 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 29.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.9 8/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hanover Street area has the highest crime rate of 48 local areas in City Centre North , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 1,559 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 Hanover Street (L1 4AA) in the last 12 months was 6207.9 per 1,000 residents and was 1119.9% higher than the City Centre North average (508.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 228 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -58.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 129 (≈ 1277.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hanover Street (L1 4AA), the main crime hotspot is near Rainford Gardens. Police recorded 542 crimes here, including 209 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hanover Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs David Lewis Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rainford Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rainford Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rainford Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rainford Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rainford Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rainford Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rainford Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rainford Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Rainford Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences York Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences York Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences York Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences York Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs York Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson York Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour York Street
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rainford Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rainford Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Campbell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rainford Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rainford Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rainford Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rainford Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rainford Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rainford Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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