Total Crime Rate
72.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Severn Street area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 83 local areas in Brownlow Hill , and the 707th lowest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Liverpool .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Severn Street (L5 0SU) in the last 12 months was 72.1 per 1,000 residents and was 88.7% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 43.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Severn Street (L5 0SU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hartley Close, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ermine Crescent (14 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 | Atherton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Ermine Crescent | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Atherton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mycroft Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hartley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ermine Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Atherton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Notre Dame Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ermine Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Monk Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Patmos Close | Under investigation |
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