Total Crime Rate
465.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
141.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Parliament Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Canning , and the 75th 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 Parliament Street (L8 5RW) in the last 12 months was 465.4 per 1,000 residents and was 290.5% higher than the Canning average (119.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 283.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 141.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 24.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Parliament Street (L8 5RW), the main crime hotspot is near St James Street. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 14 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 | Vehicle crime | Upper Harrington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Star Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Gore Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Providence Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Great George Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Upper Harrington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parliament Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St James Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Star Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St James Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Flint Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Flint Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Newhall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jamaica Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Jamaica Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Jamaica Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jamaica Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Brick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Star Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Star Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brindley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lady Chapel Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Raffles Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raffles Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raffles Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | St James Street | Under investigation |
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