Total Crime Rate

100.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

44.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 100.2 8/10
  • Violent crimes 44.5 7/10
  • Drugs 31.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.8 6/10
  • Public order 14.8 9/10
  • Burglary 5.6 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.6 4/10
  • Other theft 5.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 1.9 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
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

Preston Street area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 83 local areas in Brownlow Hill , and the 630th highest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Liverpool .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Preston Street (L1 6DP) in the last 12 months was 100.2 per 1,000 residents and was 84.3% lower than the Brownlow Hill average (640.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 44.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Preston Street (L1 6DP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rainford Gardens, where police recorded 590 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (306 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Preston Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/291)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitechapel Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Church Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Church Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour North Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Church Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitechapel Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Temple Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Temple Lane —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hale Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Hale Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hale Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cunliffe Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Stanley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Stanley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Stanley Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Temple Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dale Street —
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Data Sources

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