Total Crime Rate
1507.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cook Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in City Centre North , and the 15th highest crime rate of 1,559 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 Cook Street (L2 9RF) in the last 12 months was 1507.2 per 1,000 residents and was 196.2% higher than the City Centre North average (508.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 137 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 145.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 185 (≈ 665.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cook Street (L2 9RF), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 581 crimes here, including 318 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In City Centre North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Paradise Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Rainford Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Paradise Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Paradise Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Paradise Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Paradise Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Paradise Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Paradise Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Paradise Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Paradise Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Paradise Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Paradise Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Paradise Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Paradise Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Paradise Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Paradise Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Paradise Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Paradise Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Paradise Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Paradise Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Paradise Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Paradise Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Paradise Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
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