Total Crime Rate
421.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Union 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.
View Crime In City Centre North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | George Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Pall Mall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pall Mall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Exchange Street East | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Exchange Street East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Old Ropery | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Ropery | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fenwick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Pall Mall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Nicholas Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | East Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | East Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Georges Dockway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Leeds Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Georges Dockway | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | New Quay | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | New Quay | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | B5182 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Pall Mall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Pall Mall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Fazakerley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Pall Mall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fazakerley Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fazakerley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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