Total Crime Rate
1611.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
690.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026North John 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 North John Street (L2 9RU) 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 North John Street (L2 9RU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rainford Gardens, where police recorded 590 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (336 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hale Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cunliffe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Temple Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vernon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dale Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eberle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eberle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cheapside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cheapside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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