Total Crime Rate

101.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

50.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 101.9 8/10
  • Violent crimes 50.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.9 6/10
  • Other theft 13.9 9/10
  • Public order 13.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.3 7/10
  • Drugs 9.3 8/10
  • Robbery 4.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.6 5/10
  • 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Vescock Street area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Everton West , and the 627th highest crime rate of 1,552 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 101.9 per 1,000 residents and was 54.3% lower than the Everton West average (223.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 16.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 50.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vescock Street (L5 8US), the main crime hotspot is near Hopwood Street. Police recorded 92 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 Vescock Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/37)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Lithou Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hopwood Street —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Benledi Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wright Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Wright Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alderney Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alderney Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hopwood Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hopwood Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hopwood Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Hopwood Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Hopwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Hopwood Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Hopwood Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hopwood Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour A5038 —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hopwood Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hopwood Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hopwood Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hopwood Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hopwood Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Epsom Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lithou Close —
Apr 2026Public order Lithou Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lithou Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Tenterden Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodstock Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodstock Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodstock Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Augustine Street —
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Data Sources

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