Total Crime Rate

189.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

71.0 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 189.4 9/10
  • Violent crimes 71.0 9/10
  • Drugs 62.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.3 8/10
  • Other theft 20.7 10/10
  • Public order 20.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.8 7/10
  • Theft from the person 8.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
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

Water Street area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in City Centre North , and the 292nd 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 Water Street (L2 8AD) in the last 12 months was 189.4 per 1,000 residents and was 65.3% lower than the City Centre North average (546.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -30.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 71.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Water Street (L2 8AD), the main crime hotspot is near Covent Garden. Police recorded 163 crimes here, including 158 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Water Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/112)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Red Cross Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fenwick Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Red Cross Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Red Cross Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Apr 2026Other theft Exchange Street East Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Exchange Street East —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences James Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences James Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order James Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour James Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour James Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fenwick Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Red Cross Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Mann Island Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Georges Pierhead Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour George Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Georges Dockway Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Nicholas Place —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Nicholas Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Mann Island Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Fenwick Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Bixteth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Water Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Water Street Local resolution
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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