Total Crime Rate
944.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Princes Gardens area has the 8th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in City Centre North , and the 25th highest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Princes Gardens (L3 6LH) in the last 12 months was 944.4 per 1,000 residents and was 85.6% 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 Drugs with 59 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 1900.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -18.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 79 (≈ 365.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 426.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Princes Gardens (L3 6LH), the main crime hotspot is near Pall Mall. Police recorded 134 crimes here, including 58 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 | Bicycle theft | Hatton Garden | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Pall Mall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | B5182 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | B5182 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | B5182 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | B5182 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorfields | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Moorfields | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pall Mall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Pall Mall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Pall Mall | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Pall Mall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Pall Mall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Pall Mall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Pall Mall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Pall Mall | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Pall Mall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Pall Mall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorfields | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Hale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Princes Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Princes Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Princes Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Princes Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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