Total Crime Rate
245.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
80.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cornhill area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in City Centre North , and the 207th 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 Cornhill (L1 8DP) in the last 12 months was 245.1 per 1,000 residents and was 55.1% lower than the City Centre North average (546.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 80.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cornhill (L1 8DP), the main crime hotspot is near Paradise Street. Police recorded 483 crimes here, including 79 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 | Shoplifting | Paradise Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Canning Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | College Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | College Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | College Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | College Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Canning Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Canning Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Canning Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Canning Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Canning Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Canning Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Canning Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canning Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | College Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canning Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canning Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaloner Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Price Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Price Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Price Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Seddon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Campbell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Campbell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Campbell Street | Under investigation |
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