Total Crime Rate
43.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Highgate Street area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 83 local areas in Brownlow Hill , and the 429th 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 Highgate Street (L7 3ET) in the last 12 months was 43.5 per 1,000 residents and was 93.2% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -11.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 18.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Highgate Street (L7 3ET), the highest concentration of overall crime is near North View, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brydges Street (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Kingswell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Connaught Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | North View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | North View | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Albert Edward Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Albert Edward Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Albert Edward Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Albert Edward Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longstone Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatham Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Connaught Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Helena Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Chatham Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Towerlands Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Back Holland Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Back Holland Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Back Holland Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Holland Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Holland Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longstone Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shenstone Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatham Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longstone Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brydges Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Queensland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosemary Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crown Station Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crown Station Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brydges Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Grove | Under investigation |
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