Total Crime Rate

21.1 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

7.0 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 21.1 2/10
  • Violent crimes 7.0 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.0 4/10
  • Drugs 7.0 7/10
  • Public order 7.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Water Street area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in City Centre North , and the 172nd 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 Water Street (L3 1BN) in the last 12 months was 21.1 per 1,000 residents and was 96.1% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 7.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -95.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Water Street (L3 1BN), the main crime hotspot is near Covent Garden. Police recorded 163 crimes here, including 158 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

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Rumford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Sweeting Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Water Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Water Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Water Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Water Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Water Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fazakerley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Exchange Street East Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Exchange Street East
Apr 2026Burglary Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Mann Island Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Mann Island Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Union Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Fenwick Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Union Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Nicholas Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Nicholas Place
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Georges Dockway Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Georges Pierhead Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Georges Pierhead Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Georges Pierhead Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Fazakerley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Georges Pierhead Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Georges Pierhead Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Georges Pierhead Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Georges Pierhead
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Fazakerley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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