Total Crime Rate

399.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 399.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 124.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 115.0 10/10
  • Other theft 41.5 10/10
  • Public order 32.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.2 7/10
  • Burglary 12.8 9/10
  • Other crime 9.6 9/10
  • Drugs 6.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.4 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Waverley Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 105 local areas in Aigburth , and the 93rd 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 Waverley Road (L17 8UB) in the last 12 months was 399.4 per 1,000 residents and was 735.1% higher than the Aigburth average (47.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 225.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 153.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 238.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waverley Road (L17 8UB), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 104 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Waverley Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/60)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Hesketh Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lark Lane —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thirlstane Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thirlstane Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Hadassah Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thirlstane Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Belem Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Belem Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Belem Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belem Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belem Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belem Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belem Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Lark Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bertram Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lark Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Waverley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Forge Cottages Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lucerne Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lucerne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hesketh Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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