Total Crime Rate
280.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
163.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Newsham Drive area has the 14th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Edge Hill , and the 158th highest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Liverpool .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Newsham Drive (L6 7UQ) in the last 12 months was 280.7 per 1,000 residents and was 200.7% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 163.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Newsham Drive (L6 7UQ), the main crime hotspot is near Judges Way. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rockhouse Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Judges Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radnor Place | 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 | Public order | Denton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Denton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Denton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Preston Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Preston Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denton Grove | 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 | Drugs | Newsham Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Judges Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Judges Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Judges Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Judges Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Judges Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radnor Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | West Derby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | West Derby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | West Derby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radnor Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Radnor Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Radnor Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Radnor Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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