Total Crime Rate

120.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 120.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.6 9/10
  • Public order 14.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.7 3/10
  • Drugs 4.7 5/10
  • Other theft 4.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Somerton Street area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Edge Hill , and the 536th highest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Somerton Street (L15 4NF) in the last 12 months was 120.9 per 1,000 residents and was 25.4% higher than the Edge Hill average (96.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 79.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Somerton Street (L15 4NF), the main crime hotspot is near Nelson Street. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Somerton Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Eastdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Strathcona Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Olton Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sunningdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Dunstan Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stevenson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hey Green Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broxton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Strathcona Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Goswell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Olton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Olton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Carno Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sunningdale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tiverton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sunningdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Larkfield View Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goswell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunstan Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellington Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wellington Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Wellington Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edington Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Wellington Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wellington Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairbank Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunstan Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Fairbank Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Picton Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Picton Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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