Total Crime Rate
108.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
69.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Waltham Road area has the 36th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Anfield , and the 587th 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 Waltham Road (L6 0BL) in the last 12 months was 108.9 per 1,000 residents and was 18.5% lower than the Anfield average (133.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 69.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Waltham Road (L6 0BL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Abbey Road, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dewsbury Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Canon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wernbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Suburban Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redcar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Redcar Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dewsbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pendennis Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pendennis Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dewsbury Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Breck Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Redford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sedley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Armley Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cathedral Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyle Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyle Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Armley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Abbey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Oban Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clarendon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Acton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chapel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Abbey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Thurston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Thurston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Winchester Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rector Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rector Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
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