Total Crime Rate
65.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Empress Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 52 local areas in Everton East , and the 656th 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 Empress Road (L7 8SD) in the last 12 months was 65.8 per 1,000 residents and was 50.5% lower than the Everton East average (133.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 41.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Empress Road (L7 8SD), the main crime hotspot is near Leopold Road. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leopold Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinburgh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Phythian Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kensington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leopold Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leopold Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Leopold Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Leopold Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Leopold Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hall Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keble Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | North View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | North View | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Connaught Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Connaught Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Albert Edward Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Butler Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Butler Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Alexandra Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Alexandra Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Farnworth Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Schomberg Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hutchinson Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Olympia Street | Under investigation |
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