Total Crime Rate
69.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Catharine Street area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in Canning , and the 690th lowest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Catharine Street (L8 7SD) in the last 12 months was 69.6 per 1,000 residents and was 42.1% lower than the Canning average (120.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 26.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 71.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Catharine Street (L8 7SD), 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.
View Crime In Canning| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Birley Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gambier Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gambier Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gambier Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Gambier Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Street South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stowell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Canning Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hope Way | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hope Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cambridge Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Little Catharine Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Canning Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Mulberry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Mulberry Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Back Egerton Street South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Back Egerton Street South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Back Egerton Street South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Egerton Street South | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birley Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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