Total Crime Rate
136.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
79.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sterling Way area has the 11th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Everton West , and the 460th 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 Sterling Way (L5 2PT) in the last 12 months was 136.2 per 1,000 residents and was 39.0% lower than the Everton West average (223.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (β 79.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sterling Way (L5 2PT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Skirving Street (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Heriot Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Skirving Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Great Mersey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Skirving Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Skirving Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Skirving Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Skirving Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Skirving Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Major Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lemon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lemon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Skirving Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edmonton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Skirving Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Skirving Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Skirving Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Blackfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sterling Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Skirving Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Medea Close | Under investigation |
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