Total Crime Rate
104.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
55.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ruskin Street area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in County , and the 602nd highest crime rate of 1,552 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 Ruskin Street (L4 3SL) in the last 12 months was 104.7 per 1,000 residents and was 38.3% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 55.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ruskin Street (L4 3SL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Back Westminster Road, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Newark Street (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Roxburgh Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Harlech Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cairo Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cairo Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Netley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Back Barlow Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barlow Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Westminster Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Westminster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Back Westminster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rumney Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rumney Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Carisbrooke Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Carisbrooke Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carisbrooke Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harlech Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Harlech Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Delamore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chirkdale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roxburgh Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Roxburgh Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunluce Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Westminster Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newark Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Harlech 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 |
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