Total Crime Rate

485.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

119.5 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 485.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 142.9 9/10
  • Violent crimes 119.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 75.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 67.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 52.0 10/10
  • Drugs 46.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 28.6 10/10
  • Public order 26.0 10/10
  • Other theft 15.6 9/10
  • Robbery 10.4 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.2 7/10
  • Other crime 5.2 7/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Great Howard Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in City Centre North , and the 70th highest crime rate of 1,552 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 485.7 per 1,000 residents and was 11.1% 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 Shoplifting with 55 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 119.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 47.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Great Howard Street (L3 7AN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pall Mall, where police recorded 118 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oil Street (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Great Howard Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/53)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Galton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Pall Mall Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Oil Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Oil Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Denison Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour New Quay —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Oil Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Oil Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Paisley Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Pall Mall Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Pall Mall Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Pall Mall Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Pall Mall Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Pall Mall Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Old Hall Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Pall Mall Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Pall Mall Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Pall Mall Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pall Mall —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Union Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Union Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Union Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Waterloo Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Waterloo Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Waterloo Road —
Apr 2026Public order Galton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Denison Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Oil Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Oil Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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