Total Crime Rate
4978.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2461.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wood Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Brownlow Hill , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 1,552 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 4978.0 per 1,000 residents and was 677.8% higher 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 173 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 224 (≈ 2461.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wood Street (L1 4NU), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 878 crimes here, including 483 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lawton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lawton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Lawton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lawton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lawton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lawton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lawton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lawton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lawton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lawton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lawton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lawton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lawton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lydia Ann Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lydia Ann Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lydia Ann Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Suffolk Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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