Total Crime Rate

194.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 194.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 62.7 9/10
  • Drugs 46.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 29.7 7/10
  • Public order 23.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Lemon Close area has the 31st highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Brownlow Hill , and the 276th highest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lemon Close (L7 5QU) in the last 12 months was 194.7 per 1,000 residents and was 68.3% lower than the Brownlow Hill average (613.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 89.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 186.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lemon Close (L7 5QU), the main crime hotspot is near Lemon Close. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lemon Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Bowmore Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Old College Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bradfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hughes Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Old College Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old College Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old College Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lemon Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lemon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lemon Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Lemon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flaxman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lemon Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Crosfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bremner Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hughes Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Wavertree Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Wavertree Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Durning Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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