Total Crime Rate
91.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Balm Street area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 52 local areas in Everton East , and the 709th highest crime rate of 1,559 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 Balm Street (L7 2QT) in the last 12 months was 91.6 per 1,000 residents and was 37.6% lower than the Everton East average (146.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 59.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Balm Street (L7 2QT), the main crime hotspot is near Esher Road. Police recorded 91 crimes here, including 48 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Everton East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sutcliffe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Denman Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotswold Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Molyneux Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Molyneux Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wedgewood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wedgewood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tudor Street South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wedgewood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paul Mccartney Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wedgewood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Coleridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottenham Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Royston Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Butler Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Denman Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Denman Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Denman Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stamford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stamford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ling Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holt Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Holt Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Anglezark Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Holt Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Minto Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Minto Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Esher Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkins Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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