Total Crime Rate

111.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 111.3 8/10
  • Drugs 35.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.3 7/10
  • Public order 7.4 6/10
  • Other theft 3.7 4/10
  • Burglary 1.9 1/10
  • Other crime 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · 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 589th highest crime rate of 1,559 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 111.3 per 1,000 residents and was 81.9% lower than the Brownlow Hill average (613.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 33.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.9% 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 542 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (281 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Preston Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Davies Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Davies Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Davies Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rainford Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rainford Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rainford Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rainford Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rainford Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rainford Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rainford Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rainford Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Dale Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Davies Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Dale Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Dale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Dale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rainford Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rainford Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rainford Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rainford Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rainford Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rainford Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rainford Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rainford Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Davies Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Davies Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rainford Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Rainford Gardens Under investigation

Data Sources

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