Total Crime Rate
4494.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wood Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Brownlow Hill , and the 3rd 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 Wood Street (L1 4NU) in the last 12 months was 4494.5 per 1,000 residents and was 632.2% higher than the Brownlow Hill average (613.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 158 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 200 (≈ 2197.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wood Street (L1 4NU), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 832 crimes here, including 433 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Brownlow Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Roe Alley | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Colquitt Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Back Colquitt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Colquitt Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Colquitt Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Local resolution |
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