Total Crime Rate
289.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
121.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Boswell Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Arundel , and the 150th highest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Liverpool .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Boswell Street (L8 0RN) in the last 12 months was 289.9 per 1,000 residents and was 137.9% higher than the Arundel average (121.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 121.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Boswell Street (L8 0RN), the main crime hotspot is near Wendell Street. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 28 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 | Theft from the person | Wendell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maitland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wendell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maitland Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maitland Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holmes Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maitland Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fern Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Maple Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fern Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maitland Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cedar Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maitland Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Maple Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tagus Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Maple Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Maple Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Webb Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wendell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Maple Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Solway Street East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hartington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wendell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maple Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maple Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lesseps Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lesseps Road | — |
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