Total Crime Rate
576.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hope Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Brownlow Hill , and the 49th 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 Hope Street (L1 9BX) in the last 12 months was 576.8 per 1,000 residents and was 6.0% lower than the Brownlow Hill average (613.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 68 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -70.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 102 (≈ 295.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 24.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hope Street (L1 9BX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Leece Street, where police recorded 152 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Back Percy Street (62 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brownlow Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cathedral Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackburne Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rice Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Rice Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackburne Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackburne Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackburne Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baltimore Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Little Hardman Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Catharine Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Green Lane | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Leece Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Leece Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Leece Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Leece Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Back Hope Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Little Catharine Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Leece Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cathedral Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Cathedral Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Upper Hope Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Hope Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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