Total Crime Rate

131.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 131.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.6 8/10
  • Drugs 18.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.8 10/10
  • Other theft 14.1 9/10
  • Public order 14.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Burglary 4.7 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Vesuvius Street area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Everton West , and the 482nd highest crime rate of 1,559 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 Vesuvius Street (L5 2SJ) in the last 12 months was 131.5 per 1,000 residents and was 42.0% lower than the Everton West average (226.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 65.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vesuvius Street (L5 2SJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Skirving Street, where police recorded 78 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Thomaston Street (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Vesuvius Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heriot Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Skirving Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Skirving Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Skirving Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Skirving Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Skirving Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Skirving Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Skirving Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Skirving Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Skirving Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Skirving Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Skirving Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Skirving Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Skirving Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Skirving Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lambeth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boundary Street East Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Upperbrook Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Smith Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kirkdale Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Medea Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Medea Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Thomaston Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thomaston Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thomaston Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Jason Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Jason Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Jason Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Jason Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mosslake Way Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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