Total Crime Rate

115.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

50.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 115.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 50.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.8 6/10
  • Drugs 23.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.5 10/10
  • Public order 13.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.3 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.6 3/10
  • Other crime 4.6 6/10
  • Other theft 4.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Botanic Road area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 83 local areas in Brownlow Hill , and the 545th highest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Liverpool .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Botanic Road (L7 5PY) in the last 12 months was 115.7 per 1,000 residents and was 81.9% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 50.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Botanic Road (L7 5PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lemon Close, where police recorded 35 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.

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Crime Over Time in Botanic Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wrenbury Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wrenbury Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Old College Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Botanic Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Toft Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Old College Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Old College Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stamford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Stamford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ivatt Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ivatt Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Ivatt Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bremner Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Crosfield Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Lemon Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Lemon Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hallam Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crosfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Botanic Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Edge Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lemon Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lemon Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Lemon Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Claughton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Lemon Close Local resolution
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Botanic Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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