Total Crime Rate
70.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Plimsoll Street area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 83 local areas in Brownlow Hill , and the 688th lowest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Liverpool .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Plimsoll Street (L7 1QA) in the last 12 months was 70.5 per 1,000 residents and was 89.0% lower than the Brownlow Hill average (640.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 40.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Plimsoll Street (L7 1QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wedgewood Street, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wrenbury Street (21 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 | Ivatt Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bremner Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ling Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Peet Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wedgewood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Wedgewood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wedgewood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wedgewood Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Toft Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belltower Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Stamford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stamford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Old College Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old College Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old College Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wrenbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wrenbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivatt Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Agnes Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Helena Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hallam Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belltower Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crosfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ivatt Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Claughton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Silkstone Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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