Total Crime Rate

98.9 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 98.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.6 7/10
  • Shoplifting 29.3 7/10
  • Other theft 11.0 8/10
  • Public order 11.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.7 3/10
  • Robbery 3.7 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 4th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Norwood , and the 236th 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 7ST) in the last 12 months was 98.9 per 1,000 residents and was 123.4% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 51.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Canning Road (PR9 7ST), 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 (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Poulton Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Rosebery Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosebery Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Rosebery Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rosebery Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Palmerston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Bispham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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