Total Crime Rate
67.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cheapside area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in City Centre North , and the 668th lowest crime rate of 1,559 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 Cheapside (L2 2DX) in the last 12 months was 67.8 per 1,000 residents and was 86.7% 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 Other theft with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Drugs ( -90.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 17.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cheapside (L2 2DX), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 581 crimes here, including 318 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In City Centre North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eberle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainford Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainford Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Exchange Street East | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Exchange Street East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Eberle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Eberle Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eberle Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainford Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eberle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eberle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainford Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Rainford Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Princes Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Princes Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Princes Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Princes Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Princes Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Princes Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Princes Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rainford Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Princes Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Princes Gardens | Under investigation |
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