Total Crime Rate
8.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
5.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Watergate Way area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Much Woolton & Hunts Cross , and the 45th lowest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Liverpool .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Watergate Way (L25 8TP) in the last 12 months was 8.7 per 1,000 residents and was 87.7% lower than the Much Woolton & Hunts Cross average (70.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Watergate Way (L25 8TP), the main crime hotspot is near Whitney Place. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halewood Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priors Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitney Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitney Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitney Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Whitney Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunts Cross Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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