Total Crime Rate
1611.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
690.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Castle 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 Castle Street (L2 9UB) 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 Castle Street (L2 9UB), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Temple Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Harrington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrington Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Harrington Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Princes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sweeting Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Exchange Street East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Exchange Street East | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rumford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canning Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canning Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canning Place | Under investigation |
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