Total Crime Rate

112.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 112.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.6 5/10
  • Burglary 14.7 9/10
  • Other theft 14.7 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.9 4/10
  • Public order 4.9 4/10
  • Shoplifting 4.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 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.

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Crime Over Time in Union Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rigby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fenwick Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Edmund Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order St Nicholas Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Earle Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Earle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rigby Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Old Ropery Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Old Hall Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Exchange Passage West Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brook Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rumford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rumford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Rumford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime B5182 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brook Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting William Jessop Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting William Jessop Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting William Jessop Way Under investigation

Data Sources

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