Total Crime Rate

92.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

24.8 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

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 92.5 7/10
  • Violent crimes 24.8 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.7 10/10
  • Other theft 8.0 7/10
  • Drugs 7.3 7/10
  • Burglary 4.4 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.5 1/10
  • Public order 1.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.7 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.7 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 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

Paul 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 Paul Street (L3 6DX) 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 Paul Street (L3 6DX), the main crime hotspot is near Princes Gardens. Police recorded 153 crimes here, including 88 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Paul Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pickop Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Vauxhall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Vauxhall Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pickop Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Vauxhall Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Shoplifting Vauxhall Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Vauxhall Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Vauxhall Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Shoplifting Vauxhall Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Vauxhall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Vauxhall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Vauxhall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Vauxhall Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Vauxhall Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vauxhall Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vauxhall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Leeds Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Mainsail Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Summer Seat Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Henry Edward Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Henry Edward Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Bartholomew Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Bartholomew Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson St Bartholomew Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Gladstone Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Stockdale Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Stockdale Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Pickop Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bevington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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