Total Crime Rate
181.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
99.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ruskin Street area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 54 local areas in County , and the 305th 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 Ruskin Street (L4 3SH) in the last 12 months was 181.3 per 1,000 residents and was 6.8% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -68.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 99.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ruskin Street (L4 3SH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 112 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.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springfield Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Carisbrooke Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Springfield Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Springfield Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Springfield Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Springfield Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rumney Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rumney Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carisbrooke Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Delamore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Netley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Carisbrooke Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fordham Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fordham Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newark Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newark Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Newark Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Newark Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Newark Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newark Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fordham Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cairo Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cairo Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cairo Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Back Barlow Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Springfield Square | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Warden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chirkdale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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