Total Crime Rate

69.5 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 69.5 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.3 6/10
  • Drugs 12.4 9/10
  • Public order 9.9 7/10
  • Burglary 5.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.0 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.5 2/10
  • Other theft 2.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Canning Street area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in Canning , and the 687th lowest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Canning Street (L8 7NN) in the last 12 months was 69.5 per 1,000 residents and was 42.2% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 175.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 39.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 166.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Canning Street (L8 7NN), 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 Canning Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birley Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Arrad Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall
Sep 2025Burglary Cambridge Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Canning Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Hope Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Upper Hope Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birley Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Arrad Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arrad Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Back Egerton Street South
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Back Egerton Street South Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Back Egerton Street South Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Catharine Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Mulberry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parliament Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Parliament Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Mulberry Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hope Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Canning Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Little Catharine Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Little Catharine Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Little Catharine Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Little Catharine Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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