Total Crime Rate

227.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

117.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 227.9 10/10
  • Violent crimes 117.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 94.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 37.0 10/10
  • Drugs 18.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.4 9/10
  • Public order 14.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.3 5/10
  • Other theft 10.3 8/10
  • Other crime 8.2 9/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Robbery 6.2 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.1 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.1 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Barlow Lane area has the 15th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in County , and the 225th highest crime rate of 1,552 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 Barlow Lane (L4 3QR) in the last 12 months was 227.9 per 1,000 residents and was 34.3% higher than the County average (169.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -30.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 117.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Barlow Lane (L4 3QR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 172 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Springfield Square (54 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Barlow Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Christopher Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Barlow Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Back Barlow Lane
Apr 2026Other theft Back Barlow Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Fordham Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fordham Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fordham Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Netley Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Christopher Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Carisbrooke Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Carisbrooke Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Carisbrooke Place
Apr 2026Public order Springfield Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Back Westminster Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Springfield Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Springfield Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Springfield Square Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Springfield Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Springfield Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Langham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Langham Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harlech Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Harlech Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Harlech Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Harlech Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Harlech Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Back Westminster Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Back Westminster Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Warden Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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