Total Crime Rate
17934.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7387.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mathew 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 Mathew Street (L2 6RE) 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 Mathew Street (L2 6RE), 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.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rainford Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sweeting Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Exchange Street East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Exchange Street East | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Rainford Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rainford Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainford Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainford Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hatton Garden | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sir Thomas Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainford Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainford Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hadwens Buildings | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hadwens Buildings | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hadwens Buildings | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hadwens Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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