Total Crime Rate

319.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

131.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 319.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 131.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.7 9/10
  • Public order 56.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 45.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 33.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.3 10/10
  • Other theft 26.3 10/10
  • Drugs 22.6 10/10
  • Other crime 7.5 9/10
  • Robbery 7.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Waterloo Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in City Centre North , and the 125th 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 Waterloo Road (L3 0BH) in the last 12 months was 319.6 per 1,000 residents and was 41.5% lower 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 16.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 131.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waterloo Road (L3 0BH), the main crime hotspot is near Oil Street. Police recorded 71 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Waterloo Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (26/26)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Paisley Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Burglary Oil Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gibraltar Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gibraltar Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Gibraltar Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Oil Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Oil Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Denison Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Denison Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Denison Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Greenock Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Greenock Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Galton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Galton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Galton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Galton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gibraltar Row —
Apr 2026Drugs Oil Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Oil Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Waterloo Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Waterloo Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Waterloo Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kingsway Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Jesse Hartley Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Oil Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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