Total Crime Rate
91.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
62.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Penrose Street area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 83 local areas in Brownlow Hill , and the 698th highest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Liverpool .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Penrose Street (L5 0PR) in the last 12 months was 91.1 per 1,000 residents and was 85.8% lower than the Brownlow Hill average (640.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 62.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Penrose Street (L5 0PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hartley Close, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Paley Close (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 | Violence and sexual offences | Paley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Patmos Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Globe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Globe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodhouse Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Notre Dame Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hartley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Atherton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Atherton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Globe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Atherton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mark Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Paley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mark Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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