Total Crime Rate
263.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
118.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Newsham Drive area has the 16th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Edge Hill , and the 182nd highest crime rate of 1,552 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 263.0 per 1,000 residents and was 181.7% higher than the Edge Hill average (93.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 118.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Newsham Drive (L6 7UG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A5089, where police recorded 88 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Judges Way (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Breck Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rockhouse Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellel Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellel Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Scorton Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Judges Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rocky Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Judges Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Judges Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Judges Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Judges Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Judges Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rocky Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Judges Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Newsham Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | A5089 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | A5089 | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | A5089 | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | A5089 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Belmont Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newsham Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Belmont Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rocky Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Grove | Under investigation |
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