Total Crime Rate
524.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wapping Dock area has the 13th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in City Centre North , and the 59th highest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wapping Dock (L3 4BU) in the last 12 months was 524.6 per 1,000 residents and was 3.1% 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 233.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wapping Dock (L3 4BU), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 120 crimes here, including 48 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In City Centre North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bus/Coach Station | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Grayson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hurst Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hurst Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Carpenters Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Police Station | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wapping | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grayson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Grayson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurst Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Argyle Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Argyle Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Seddon Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Price Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Price Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bus/Coach Station | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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