Total Crime Rate

117.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

68.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 117.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 68.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.7 9/10
  • Drugs 21.7 10/10
  • Public order 12.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.2 4/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Canning Street area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in Canning , and the 534th highest crime rate of 1,552 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 Canning Street (L8 7NW) in the last 12 months was 117.7 per 1,000 residents and was 1.3% lower 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 16.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 68.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Canning Street (L8 7NW), the main crime hotspot is near Back Egerton Street South. Police recorded 77 crimes here, including 32 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

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/58)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Upper Parliament Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Back Egerton Street South Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Alexandra Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Sandon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Chatham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Chatham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Vine Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vine Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vine Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Back Huskisson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Back Egerton Street South Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Back Sandon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Upper Parliament Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Sir Howard Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Little Catharine Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Little Catharine Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bedford Street South Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Back Canning Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Back Egerton Street South Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Back Egerton Street South Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Berkley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Berkley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Little Huskisson Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Catharine Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Little Huskisson Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Little Huskisson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Little Canning Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Berkley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Carter Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Carter Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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