Total Crime Rate
402.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Great Howard Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in City Centre North , and the 92nd 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 Great Howard Street (L3 7AN) in the last 12 months was 402.6 per 1,000 residents and was 20.9% lower than the City Centre North average (508.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 93.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 114.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Great Howard Street (L3 7AN), 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 | Shoplifting | New Quay | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rigby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | East Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | East Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Leeds Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gibraltar Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Oil Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Oil Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Oil Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oil Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oil Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oil Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gibraltar Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rigby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Old Hall Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Paisley Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brook Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | William Jessop Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | William Jessop Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | William Jessop Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A5036 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Paisley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Oil Street | Under investigation |
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