Total Crime Rate

93.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 93.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.1 6/10
  • Drugs 11.6 9/10
  • Other theft 10.3 8/10
  • Public order 8.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.8 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.2 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.2 7/10
  • Burglary 5.2 6/10
  • Shoplifting 3.9 3/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.6 1/10
  • Theft from the person 1.9 1/10
  • Other crime 1.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.7 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

Myrtle Street area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 83 local areas in Brownlow Hill , and the 696th highest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Myrtle Street (L7 7DN) in the last 12 months was 93.7 per 1,000 residents and was 84.7% 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 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 63 (≈ 40.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Myrtle Street (L7 7DN), the main crime hotspot is near Back Percy Street. Police recorded 85 crimes here, including 62 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Myrtle Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Little Catharine Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Upper Hope Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Cathedral Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cathedral Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cathedral Walk
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cambridge Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Catharine Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Pleasant Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Catharine Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Canning Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Mulberry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Mulberry Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hope Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Hope Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackburne Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Little Catharine Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Little Catharine Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Little Catharine Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Little Catharine Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blackburne Terrace
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackburne Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackburne Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stowell Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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