Total Crime Rate

149.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 149.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.4 7/10
  • Public order 18.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.2 7/10
  • Burglary 4.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.3 1/10
  • Drugs 2.3 1/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Wenlock Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Anfield , and the 411th highest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wenlock Road (L4 2UU) in the last 12 months was 149.4 per 1,000 residents and was 5.9% higher than the Anfield average (141.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 85.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 41.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wenlock Road (L4 2UU), the main crime hotspot is near Abbey Road. Police recorded 58 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wenlock Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Armley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pinehurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Armley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cathedral Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Cathedral Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clovelly Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbey Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Abbey Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oban Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Oban Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Twyford Street
Sep 2025Theft from the person Twyford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pinehurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chapel Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pinehurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hazelhurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hazelhurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bingley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Skipton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Taplow Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Taplow Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Wenlock Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wenlock Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holbeck Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Twickenham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holbeck Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Dewsbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lycett Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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