Total Crime Rate
301.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
160.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grierson Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Arundel , and the 138th highest crime rate of 1,552 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 Grierson Street (L8 0UJ) in the last 12 months was 301.1 per 1,000 residents and was 147.1% higher than the Arundel average (121.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 54 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 Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 73 (≈ 160.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grierson Street (L8 0UJ), the main crime hotspot is near Britten Close. Police recorded 56 crimes here, including 35 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Cedar Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brahms Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tagus Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tagus Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tagus Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tagus Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Solway Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Solway Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Solway Street East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cullen Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Darrel Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wainwright Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wainwright Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wainwright Close | — |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Cullen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Solway Street West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Yanwath Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Newstead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Askham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Newstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Longfellow Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Britten Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Newstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Britten Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pavilion Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Britten Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Britten Close | Under investigation |
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