Total Crime Rate
238.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cornhill area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 48 local areas in City Centre North , and the 203rd 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 Cornhill (L1 8DS) in the last 12 months was 238.7 per 1,000 residents and was 53.1% lower than the City Centre North average (508.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 109.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cornhill (L1 8DS), the main crime hotspot is near Paradise Street. Police recorded 378 crimes here, including 66 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In City Centre North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Suffolk Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hurst Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wolstenholme Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wolstenholme Square | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wolstenholme Square | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wapping | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Carpenters Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Carpenters Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carpenters Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Grayson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Grayson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grayson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hurst Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurst Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurst Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tabley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Kings Dock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Forrest Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Chaloner Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaloner Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaloner Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaloner Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaloner Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaloner Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Duke Street Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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