Total Crime Rate
68.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pownall Square area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in City Centre North , and the 676th lowest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Liverpool .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Pownall Square (L3 6AD) in the last 12 months was 68.6 per 1,000 residents and was 87.4% 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 Drugs with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pownall Square (L3 6AD), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 220 crimes here, including 134 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prussia Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Temple Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cunliffe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hale Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | B5182 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Standish Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Standish Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Leeds Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Princes Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Princes Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Princes Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dale Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henry Edward Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gladstone Street | Local resolution |
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