Total Crime Rate

250.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 250.0 10/10
  • Drugs 158.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.2 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.0 7/10
  • Public order 15.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.7 8/10
  • Burglary 6.3 6/10
  • Other theft 6.3 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Raffles Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Canning , and the 195th 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 Raffles Street (L1 5ET) in the last 12 months was 250.0 per 1,000 residents and was 108.1% higher than the Canning average (120.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 117.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 44.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Raffles Street (L1 5ET), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 226 crimes here, including 119 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Raffles Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/85)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Upper Duke Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Nelson Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Hardy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colquitt Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Nelson Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Drugs Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bold Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Cummings Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cummings Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Duncan Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Duncan Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Crump Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Colquitt Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Back Colquitt Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Back Colquitt Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashwell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Bold Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bold Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jamaica Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs St James Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs St James Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kent Street —
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Data Sources

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