Total Crime Rate

181.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · 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 181.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 33.3 10/10
  • Drugs 33.3 10/10
  • Burglary 14.8 9/10
  • Public order 11.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.4 4/10
  • Other crime 7.4 8/10
  • Other theft 7.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.4 6/10
  • Robbery 3.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Newsham Drive area has the 21st highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Edge Hill , and the 314th highest crime rate of 1,559 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 Newsham Drive (L6 7UG) in the last 12 months was 181.5 per 1,000 residents and was 88.2% higher than the Edge Hill average (96.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 70.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Newsham Drive (L6 7UG), the main crime hotspot is near A5089. Police recorded 77 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 Newsham Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/31)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Ellel Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs A5089 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scorton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rocky Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Denton Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Denton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ellel Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A5089 Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A5089 Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Drugs A5089 Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs A5089 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scorton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person A5089 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A5089 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime A5089 Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sunlight Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sunlight Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dominion Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Dominion Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Dominion Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scorton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dominion Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morecambe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morecambe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Belmont Drive —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Strathmore Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A5049 Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lower Breck Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Herbert Taylor Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Denman Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

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