Total Crime Rate
174.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
45.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cornhill area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in City Centre North , and the 324th 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 Cornhill (L1 8DS) in the last 12 months was 174.2 per 1,000 residents and was 68.1% 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 Burglary with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -61.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 45.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -56.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cornhill (L1 8DS), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolstenholme Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Duke Street Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Paradise Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Paradise Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Paradise Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wolstenholme Square | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Paradise Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Paradise Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | A5040 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Duke Street Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Paradise Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Duke Street Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Duke Street Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Duke Street Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Duke Street Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Duke Street Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Duke Street Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Duke Street Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Paradise Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Paradise Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Duke Street Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vincent Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A5040 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Paradise Street | Under investigation |
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