Total Crime Rate

421.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 421.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 105.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 92.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 59.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.5 9/10
  • Burglary 26.3 10/10
  • Public order 26.3 10/10
  • Drugs 23.0 10/10
  • Other theft 23.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.9 7/10
  • Other crime 9.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.6 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Union Street area has the 16th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in City Centre North , and the 87th highest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Union Street (L3 9TY) in the last 12 months was 421.1 per 1,000 residents and was 17.3% 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 Vehicle crime with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 146.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -70.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 118.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 151.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Union Street (L3 9TY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 187 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Covent Garden (146 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Union Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs George Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pall Mall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pall Mall Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Exchange Street East Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Exchange Street East Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Old Ropery Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Ropery Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fenwick Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Burglary Nightclub Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Pall Mall Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order St Nicholas Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order East Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson East Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Georges Dockway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Back Leeds Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Georges Dockway —
Sep 2025Shoplifting New Quay Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting New Quay Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson B5182 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Pall Mall Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Pall Mall Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fazakerley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Pall Mall Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fazakerley Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fazakerley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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