Total Crime Rate
112.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Union Street area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in City Centre North , and the 580th highest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Union Street (L3 9UA) in the last 12 months was 112.8 per 1,000 residents and was 77.8% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 34.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Union Street (L3 9UA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 184 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rigby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fenwick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Edmund Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Nicholas Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Earle Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Earle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rigby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Old Ropery | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Old Hall Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Exchange Passage West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brook Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rumford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rumford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Rumford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | B5182 | Under investigation |
| 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 |
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