Total Crime Rate
1105.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hanover Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in City Centre North , and the 19th highest crime rate of 1,559 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 Hanover Street (L1 4LN) in the last 12 months was 1105.6 per 1,000 residents and was 117.3% 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 108 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 89 (≈ 313.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hanover Street (L1 4LN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nightclub, where police recorded 567 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (282 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In City Centre North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | A5040 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | A5040 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | A5040 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | A5040 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roe Alley | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roe Alley | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roe Alley | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roe Alley | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | A5040 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | A5040 | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | A5040 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | A5040 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | A5040 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A5040 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roe Alley | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Duke Street Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | A5040 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | A5040 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Seddon Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Roe Alley | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Roe Alley | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Roe Alley | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Roe Alley | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Roe Alley | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Roe Alley | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Roe Alley | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Roe Alley | Under investigation |
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