Crime Rate in Canning, ward

Canning has the 19th highest crime rate of 64 wards in Liverpool district and the 1139th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North West), it has the 107th highest crime rate of 795 wards.

The overall crime rate in Canning in the last 12 months was 120.1 per 1,000 residents and was 13.2% lower than the Liverpool district average (138.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Canning’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 574 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 15 cases , down -31.8% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 130.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -45.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 783 (≈ 53.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Canning ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Leece Street, with 152 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Back Egerton Street South (32 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.