Total Crime Rate
250.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Portland Place area has the 24th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Brownlow Hill , and the 195th highest crime rate of 1,559 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 Portland Place (L5 3PJ) in the last 12 months was 250.0 per 1,000 residents and was 59.3% lower than the Brownlow Hill average (613.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 800.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -70.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 87.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Portland Place (L5 3PJ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 211 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Brownlow Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Buckingham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ebor Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ebor Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ebor Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Robsart Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Higham Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Quatrain Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Vale | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Robsart Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Robsart Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Buckingham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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