Total Crime Rate
786.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
264.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cheapside Alley area has the 11th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Brownlow Hill , and the 34th 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 Cheapside Alley (L2 2DD) in the last 12 months was 786.1 per 1,000 residents and was 22.8% higher than the Brownlow Hill average (640.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 79 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -46.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 99 (≈ 264.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cheapside Alley (L2 2DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rainford Gardens, where police recorded 590 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (336 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rainford Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Standish Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Trueman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lace Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rainford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Standish Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Standish Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Standish Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rainford Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rainford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Johnson Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Johnson Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Johnson Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Johnson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Johnson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Johnson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Johnson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rainford Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rainford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mathew Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mathew Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mathew Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mathew Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sweeting Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainford Gardens | Under investigation |
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