Total Crime Rate

616.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 616.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 176.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 105.3 9/10
  • Public order 94.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 67.7 10/10
  • Other theft 33.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.1 10/10
  • Drugs 30.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 30.1 10/10
  • Robbery 15.0 10/10
  • Other crime 11.3 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 11.3 10/10
  • Burglary 7.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Waterloo Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in City Centre North , and the 46th 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 Waterloo Road (L3 0BQ) in the last 12 months was 616.5 per 1,000 residents and was 21.2% 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 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -82.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 79 (≈ 297.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -56.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 96.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waterloo Road (L3 0BQ), the main crime hotspot is near Oil Street. Police recorded 76 crimes here, including 32 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 (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oil Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Gibraltar Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Oil Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Gibraltar Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Paisley Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Oil Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Galton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Paisley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Oil Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oil Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oil Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Waterloo Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Waterloo Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Waterloo Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Waterloo Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oil Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Jesse Hartley Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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