Total Crime Rate

115.7 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· 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 115.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.2 8/10
  • Public order 23.2 9/10
  • Drugs 13.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.6 4/10
  • Other theft 4.6 5/10
  • Robbery 4.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Vescock Street area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Everton West , and the 562nd highest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Vescock Street (L5 8US) in the last 12 months was 115.7 per 1,000 residents and was 48.9% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (β‰ˆ 64.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vescock Street (L5 8US), the main crime hotspot is near Hopwood Street. Police recorded 102 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Vescock Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Westmoreland Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Westmoreland Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hopwood Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hopwood Street β€”
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Callaghan Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hornby Walk β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Benledi Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hopwood Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodstock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woodstock Street β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lithou Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alderney Road β€”
Sep 2025Public order Silvester Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Silvester Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hopwood Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Epsom Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hopwood Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wright Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ford Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gildarts Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hopwood Street β€”
Sep 2025Public order Wright Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walsh Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Wright Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hopwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hopwood Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Diamond Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Diamond Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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