Total Crime Rate

101.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 101.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.5 8/10
  • Drugs 6.7 7/10
  • Other theft 6.7 6/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 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

Verulam Close area has the 35th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Arundel , and the 653rd highest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Verulam Close (L8 1YD) in the last 12 months was 101.0 per 1,000 residents and was 15.7% lower than the Arundel average (119.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 64.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 72.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Verulam Close (L8 1YD), the main crime hotspot is near Birt Close. Police recorded 67 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Verulam Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Askham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Upper Parliament Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rosebery Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mulgrave Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Mulgrave Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mulgrave Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upper Parliament Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hatherley Close —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Chancellor Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birt Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birt Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Birt Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Birt Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upper Parliament Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Falkner Square Under investigation
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Data Sources

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