Total Crime Rate
71.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Taunton Street area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Edge Hill , and the 696th lowest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Liverpool .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Taunton Street (L15 4ND) in the last 12 months was 71.4 per 1,000 residents and was 23.5% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 14.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 40.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Taunton Street (L15 4ND), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wellington Grove, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dunstan Street (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunstan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mafeking Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hey Green Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stephenson Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stephenson Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stephenson Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wellington Grove | 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 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Carno Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mafeking Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nelson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strathcona Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunstan Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plumer Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Plumer Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broxton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunstan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Methuen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Methuen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Methuen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Westdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dunstan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wimbledon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunstan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mystery Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunstan Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Enterprise Way | Under investigation |
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