Total Crime Rate

103.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 103.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.5 8/10
  • Drugs 16.7 9/10
  • Other crime 10.0 9/10
  • Other theft 10.0 8/10
  • Public order 10.0 7/10
  • Burglary 6.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
  • 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 Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Norwood , and the 222nd highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .

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 Road (PR9 7SR) in the last 12 months was 103.7 per 1,000 residents and was 134.1% higher than the Norwood average (44.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 53.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Canning Road (PR9 7SR), the main crime hotspot is near Bispham Road. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Canning Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosebery Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Bispham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Rosebery Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Rosebery Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rosebery Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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