Total Crime Rate
92.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Marlborough Street area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in City Centre North , and the 685th highest crime rate of 1,552 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 Marlborough Street (L3 2BB) in the last 12 months was 92.5 per 1,000 residents and was 83.1% 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 Criminal damage and arson with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 24.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Marlborough Street (L3 2BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 175 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Princes Gardens (88 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Johnson Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henry Edward Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Johnson Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dale Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | B5182 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Henry Edward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Bartholomew Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Bartholomew Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Bartholomew Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pickop Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pickop Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pickop Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stockdale Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stockdale Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gladstone Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Leeds Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cockspur Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | North Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | North Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | — |
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