Total Crime Rate

233.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

96.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 233.9 10/10
  • Violent crimes 96.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 75.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 48.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.3 10/10
  • Drugs 18.8 10/10
  • Public order 16.1 9/10
  • Other theft 13.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.4 9/10
  • Burglary 10.8 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Buckingham Street area has the 28th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Brownlow Hill , and the 220th highest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Liverpool .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Buckingham Street (L5 5HA) in the last 12 months was 233.9 per 1,000 residents and was 63.5% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -53.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 96.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Buckingham Street (L5 5HA), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 269 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Buckingham Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs St Martin'S Mews Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wilcock Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Apr 2026Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Medea Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Buckingham Street
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Buckingham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conway Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Skirving Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Skirving Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Skirving Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Skirving Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Skirving Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Skirving Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Skirving Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Skirving Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Skirving Street
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Skirving Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Rose Vale Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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