Total Crime Rate
362.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Longfellow Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Arundel , and the 112th 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 Longfellow Street (L8 0QX) in the last 12 months was 362.3 per 1,000 residents and was 202.2% higher than the Arundel average (119.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 150.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 48.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Longfellow Street (L8 0QX), the main crime hotspot is near Wendell Street. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Arundel| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Stonemasons Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Maitland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fern Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aspen Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aspen Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cullen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenleaf Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Longfellow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Longfellow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Longfellow Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Maple Grove | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Newstead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Stonemasons Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maitland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whittier Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maitland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wainwright Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wainwright Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wainwright Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wainwright Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Solway Street East | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wainwright Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Yanwath Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Yanwath Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Steve Biko Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Steve Biko Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Steve Biko Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Whittier Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cullen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whittier Street | Under investigation |
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