Total Crime Rate

21.1 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 21.1 2/10
  • Other theft 14.1 9/10
  • Public order 7.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 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

Water Street area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in City Centre North , and the 167th lowest crime rate of 1,559 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 Water Street (L3 1BN) in the last 12 months was 21.1 per 1,000 residents and was 95.8% lower than the City Centre North average (508.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 7.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -87.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Water Street (L3 1BN), the main crime hotspot is near Covent Garden. Police recorded 151 crimes here, including 146 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Water Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/101)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Water Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Mann Island Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Mann Island Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mann Island —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fenwick Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting New Quay Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting New Quay Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order James Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order James Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences James Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Rumford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Mann Island Local resolution
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rumford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rumford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Exchange Passage West Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fazakerley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Georges Dockway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Georges Dockway —
Sep 2025Robbery Georges Pierhead Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Georges Pierhead Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Pier Head Ferry Terminal Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Red Cross Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Red Cross Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Mann Island Local resolution
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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