Total Crime Rate

11.1 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 11.1 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.2 1/10
  • Drugs 2.2 1/10
  • Other theft 2.2 1/10
  • Public order 2.2 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 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

Smithdown Lane area has the lowest crime rate of 83 local areas in Brownlow Hill , and the 66th lowest crime rate of 1,559 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 Smithdown Lane (L7 3EL) in the last 12 months was 11.1 per 1,000 residents and was 98.2% lower than the Brownlow Hill average (613.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Smithdown Lane (L7 3EL), the main crime hotspot is near North View. Police recorded 45 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Smithdown Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Cardwell Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brydges Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Queensland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Mount Vernon Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Irvine Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Irvine Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queensland Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mason Street
Sep 2025Other crime Crown Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Crown Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brydges Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brydges Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brydges Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chatham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brydges Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Elm Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Elm Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shimmin Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queensland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Cardwell Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Freedom Close Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sidney Place
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Sidney Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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