Total Crime Rate
6207.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hanover 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.
View Crime In City Centre North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | David Lewis Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainford Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainford Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainford Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Rainford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | York Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | York Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | York Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | York Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | York Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | York Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | York Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainford Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainford Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Campbell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Rainford Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Rainford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Rainford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Rainford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Rainford Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Rainford Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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