Total Crime Rate
221.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Water Street area has the 24th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in City Centre North , and the 229th highest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Water Street (L2 0UH) in the last 12 months was 221.9 per 1,000 residents and was 56.4% lower than the City Centre North average (508.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 88.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Water Street (L2 0UH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 363 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Covent Garden (146 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In City Centre North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Sweeting Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Old Ropery | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Ropery | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Old Ropery | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fenwick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sweeting Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | James Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | James Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sweeting Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Sweeting Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Old Ropery | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Red Cross Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Red Cross Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Old Ropery | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Ropery | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Red Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Water Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mann Island | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mann Island | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mann Island | Local resolution |
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