Total Crime Rate

119.1 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 119.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.9 8/10
  • Public order 23.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.5 5/10
  • Burglary 9.5 8/10
  • Other theft 9.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.8 4/10
  • Drugs 4.8 5/10
  • Robbery 4.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Back Falkner Street South area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in Canning , and the 545th 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 Back Falkner Street South (L8 7NB) in the last 12 months was 119.1 per 1,000 residents and was 0.9% lower than the Canning average (120.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -90.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 71.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 25.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Back Falkner Street South (L8 7NB), the main crime hotspot is near Back Sandon Street. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Back Falkner Street South area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Back Sandon Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upper Parliament Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upper Parliament Street
Sep 2025Burglary Upper Parliament Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Grove Side Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Mulberry Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Mulberry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bedford Street South Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bedford Street South Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Upper Hampton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Sandon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Falkner Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Sandon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Egerton Street North Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Egerton Street North Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Egerton Street North Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bedford Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Cambridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Canning Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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