Total Crime Rate
1777.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1131.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Old Church Yard area has the 5th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in City Centre North , and the 13th 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 Old Church Yard (L2 8TX) in the last 12 months was 1777.8 per 1,000 residents and was 225.5% 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 254 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -27.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 285 (≈ 1131.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Old Church Yard (L2 8TX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 173 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Covent Garden (158 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fazakerley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Nicholas Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Water Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Water Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mann Island | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mann Island | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bixteth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Hall Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Old Hall Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Nicholas Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Water Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Exchange Street East | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Georges Dockway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Exchange Street East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Georges Pierhead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Georges Pierhead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Georges Pierhead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Georges Pierhead | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Georges Pierhead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Castle Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Georges Pierhead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Georges Pierhead | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Water Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Water Street | Under investigation |
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