Total Crime Rate

222.5 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 222.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 72.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 38.9 9/10
  • Drugs 34.8 10/10
  • Public order 23.6 10/10
  • Burglary 9.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.7 7/10
  • Other theft 9.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.3 9/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.2 7/10
  • Robbery 2.8 2/10
  • Shoplifting 1.4 1/10
  • Theft from the person 1.4 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.4 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 Canning Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Canning , and the 228th 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 Canning Street (L8 7PB) in the last 12 months was 222.5 per 1,000 residents and was 85.3% higher 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 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 74 (≈ 102.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Back Canning Street (L8 7PB), 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 Back Canning Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Egerton Street North Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gambier Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parliament Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Parliament Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hope Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Hope Way Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket 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 2025Violence and sexual offences Canning Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lestock Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Lestock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lestock Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Lestock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lestock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
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 Catharine Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birley Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Hunter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morpeth Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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