Total Crime Rate

4978.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

2461.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 4978.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 2461.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 1901.1 10/10
  • Drugs 901.1 10/10
  • Other theft 560.4 10/10
  • Theft from the person 472.5 10/10
  • Public order 461.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 219.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 142.9 10/10
  • Burglary 109.9 10/10
  • Robbery 55.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 55.0 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 44.0 10/10
  • Other crime 22.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 22.0 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 11.0 9/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wood 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.

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Crime Over Time in Wood Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Lawton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Nightclub Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Lawton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lawton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lawton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lawton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lawton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lawton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Lawton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Lawton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Lawton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Lawton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Lawton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Lawton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Lawton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lawton Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lawton Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lawton Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lawton Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lydia Ann Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lydia Ann Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lydia Ann Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Suffolk Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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