Total Crime Rate
1507.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sweeting Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in City Centre North , and the 15th 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 Sweeting Street (L2 4TE) in the last 12 months was 1507.2 per 1,000 residents and was 196.2% higher than the City Centre North average (508.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 137 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 145.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 185 (≈ 665.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sweeting Street (L2 4TE), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 602 crimes here, including 327 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 | Drugs | Strand Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | James Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | James Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | James Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fenwick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Old Ropery | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Ropery | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Old Ropery | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Old Ropery | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Old Ropery | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Ropery | — |
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