Total Crime Rate
1454.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kempston Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Brownlow Hill , and the 16th 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 Kempston Street (L3 8NG) in the last 12 months was 1454.6 per 1,000 residents and was 136.9% higher than the Brownlow Hill average (613.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 772.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kempston Street (L3 8NG), the main crime hotspot is near Camden Street. Police recorded 131 crimes here, including 69 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Brownlow Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Anne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | London Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Islington | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bidder Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bidder Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Soho Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Soho Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Soho Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Copperas Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lower Gill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Riding Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ilford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ilford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Ilford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Lambert Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Birchfield Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lambert Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lambert Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lambert Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Moor Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Seymour Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Seymour Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Lord Nelson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lord Nelson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lord Nelson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Maritime Place | Under investigation |
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