Total Crime Rate
643.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
327.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hope Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Brownlow Hill , and the 45th 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 Hope Street (L1 9BX) in the last 12 months was 643.5 per 1,000 residents and was 0.5% higher than the Brownlow Hill average (640.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 84 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -26.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 113 (≈ 327.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hope Street (L1 9BX), the main crime hotspot is near Leece Street. Police recorded 123 crimes here, including 26 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | South Hunter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Hunter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Hunter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rodney Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Hunter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Caledonia Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Baltimore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Baltimore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Baltimore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Baltimore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Baltimore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Canning Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rice Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | South Hunter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | South Hunter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | South Hunter Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | South Hunter Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Leece Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Leece Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Leece Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leece Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Baltimore Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Little Catharine Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Little Catharine Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Catharine Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Back Maryland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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