Total Crime Rate

17934.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

7387.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 17934.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 7387.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 4934.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 3409.4 10/10
  • Drugs 2724.6 10/10
  • Public order 1974.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 1536.2 10/10
  • Other theft 1188.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 601.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 442.0 10/10
  • Robbery 297.1 10/10
  • Other crime 242.8 10/10
  • Burglary 210.1 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 181.2 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 97.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 94.2 10/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Button Street area has the highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Brownlow Hill , and the highest crime rate of 1,552 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 Button Street (L2 6PS) in the last 12 months was 17934.8 per 1,000 residents and was 2702.1% higher than the Brownlow Hill average (640.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1,362 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 26 cases , up 8.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 21.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -10.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2,039 (≈ 7387.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Button Street (L2 6PS), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 590 crimes here, including 336 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Button Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/424)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Paradise Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Church Street Under investigation
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 30 of 424

Data Sources

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