Total Crime Rate

252.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 252.6 10/10
  • Drugs 99.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.3 10/10
  • Public order 17.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.7 6/10
  • Burglary 10.2 8/10
  • Other theft 10.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Upper Stanhope Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Canning , and the 190th highest crime rate of 1,559 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 Upper Stanhope Street (L8 1UW) in the last 12 months was 252.6 per 1,000 residents and was 110.3% higher than the Canning average (120.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 262.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 88.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upper Stanhope Street (L8 1UW), the main crime hotspot is near Back Percy Street. Police recorded 85 crimes here, including 62 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Upper Stanhope Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Lestock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gambier Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Stanhope Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Lestock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Little Catharine Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Little Catharine Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Little Catharine Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Catharine Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Lestock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Emerson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Luke Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Gambier Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gambier Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Little Catharine Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gambier Terrace
Sep 2025Drugs Lestock Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Lestock Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birley Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Chesney Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park Place
Sep 2025Public order Birley Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Little Catharine Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birley Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Morpeth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St James Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morpeth Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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