Total Crime Rate

284.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 284.1 10/10
  • Drugs 64.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 49.2 10/10
  • Public order 33.6 10/10
  • Other crime 24.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.1 9/10
  • Other theft 11.2 8/10
  • Theft from the person 9.0 8/10
  • Burglary 6.7 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.5 7/10
  • Robbery 4.5 6/10
  • Shoplifting 2.2 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Pier Head area has the 21st highest crime rate of 48 local areas in City Centre North , and the 160th highest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pier Head (L3 1BY) in the last 12 months was 284.1 per 1,000 residents and was 44.2% 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 Drugs with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -14.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 94.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pier Head (L3 1BY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 206 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Covent Garden (146 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Pier Head area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Water Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Hartley Quay Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hartley Quay Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Castle Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drury Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brunswick Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Water Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Water Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Castle Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Castle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Exchange Passage West Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rumford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rumford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Rumford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mann Island Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Mann Island Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Mann Island Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Mann Island Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Mann Island Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Castle Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Castle Hill Under investigation

Data Sources

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