Total Crime Rate

235.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 235.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 80.2 9/10
  • Drugs 45.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.4 9/10
  • Public order 21.0 9/10
  • Other theft 20.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 7.9 8/10
  • Shoplifting 7.0 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.7 7/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 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

Lord Nelson Street area has the 27th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Brownlow Hill , and the 209th 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 Lord Nelson Street (L3 5QB) in the last 12 months was 235.8 per 1,000 residents and was 61.6% lower than the Brownlow Hill average (613.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 172 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 6 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -70.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 230 (≈ 107.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lord Nelson Street (L3 5QB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 146 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hawke Street (70 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lord Nelson Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Commutation Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Commutation Row Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bolton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bolton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Skelhorne Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Skelhorne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Skelhorne Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Commutation Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Commutation Row Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Commutation Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Commutation Row Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Commutation Row Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Commutation Row Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Commutation Row Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Commutation Row Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bolton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Commutation Row Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Commutation Row Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Commutation Row Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Commutation Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Commutation Row
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Skelhorne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Lord Nelson Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Lord Nelson Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lord Nelson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lord Nelson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Liverpool Lime Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Commutation Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bolton Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bolton Street

Data Sources

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