Crime Rates at James Street, Liverpool, L2 7PQ

James Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in City Centre North , and the 14th highest crime rate of 1,552 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 James Street (L2 7PQ) in the last 12 months was 1611.5 per 1,000 residents and was 195.1% higher than the City Centre North average (546.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 139 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 192 (≈ 690.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around James Street (L2 7PQ), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 353 crimes here, including 211 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.