Total Crime Rate
89.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Methuen Street area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Edge Hill , and the 709th 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 Methuen Street (L15 1EQ) in the last 12 months was 89.6 per 1,000 residents and was 4.1% lower than the Edge Hill average (93.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 52.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Methuen Street (L15 1EQ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 74 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Cinema Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strathcona Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ormsby Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jamieson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jamieson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Whitman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wavertree Vale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Talton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitman Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Picton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Picton Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Picton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Picton Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Picton Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Picton Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Willow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ash Vale | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plumer Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunstan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cinema Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunstan Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunstan Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunstan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunstan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunstan Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunstan Street | Under investigation |
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