Total Crime Rate

108.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

69.3 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 108.9 8/10
  • Violent crimes 69.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.9 7/10
  • Drugs 9.9 8/10
  • Public order 9.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.6 4/10
  • Other crime 6.6 8/10
  • Other theft 6.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Waltham 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.

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Crime Over Time in Waltham Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Canon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wernbrook Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thurston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Suburban Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Redcar Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Redcar Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Dewsbury Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pendennis Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pendennis Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dewsbury Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Breck Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Redford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Sedley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Armley Road Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cathedral Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Argyle Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Argyle Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Armley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Abbey Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Oban Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Clarendon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Acton Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Chapel Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chapel Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Abbey Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Thurston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Thurston Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Winchester Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Rector Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rector Road Further investigation is not in the public interest

Data Sources

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