Total Crime Rate

247.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

110.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 247.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 110.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 81.6 10/10
  • Drugs 50.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.4 9/10
  • Other theft 22.8 10/10
  • Public order 21.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.7 7/10
  • Theft from the person 7.0 8/10
  • Shoplifting 5.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.7 7/10
  • Robbery 3.7 5/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.3 1/10
  • Other crime 1.9 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

Hotham Street area has the 26th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Brownlow Hill , and the 203rd 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 Hotham Street (L3 5UF) in the last 12 months was 247.0 per 1,000 residents and was 61.4% lower than the Brownlow Hill average (640.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 175 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 4 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 43.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 236 (≈ 110.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hotham Street (L3 5UF), the main crime hotspot is near Back Lime Street. Police recorded 409 crimes here, including 165 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hotham Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/197)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bolton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Skelhorne Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Hilbre Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hilbre Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Liverpool Lime Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Liverpool Lime Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Liverpool Lime Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Lord Nelson Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lime Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Seymour Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Back Lime Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Back Lime Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hawke Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bolton Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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