Crap Towns / Liverpool / Crime

How much crime is there in Liverpool?

The police recorded 126 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Liverpool from September 2023 to August 2026, 1.7 times the typical town's 76.2. The most common was violence and sexual offences, at 51.1. In the 12 months to August 2026 it was 127, the same as in the 12 months to August 2024.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
September 2023 to August 2024	127	78.6
September 2024 to August 2025	125	77.4
September 2025 to August 2026	127	73.7

**By type**
Crime	Here	Typical town
Violence and sexual offences	51.1	34.1
Drugs	14.2	2.4
Public order	13.8	6.6
Criminal damage and arson	10.7	7.0
Shoplifting	9.9	7.1
Other theft	8.3	5.4
Vehicle crime	5.6	3.8
Burglary	4.0	3.1
Other crime	3.4	2.0
Theft from the person	1.5	0.4
Robbery	1.4	0.6
Possession of weapons	1.3	0.8
Bicycle theft	1.1	0.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Crimes per 1,000 people a year
Liverpool	–	126
Bootle	7.1 km	125
Birkenhead	9.6 km	105
Kirkby	8.3 km	88.8
Prescot	8.9 km	85.8
Litherland	8.7 km	81.5
Huyton with Roby	4.5 km	78.2
Aintree	8.0 km	77.7
Wallasey	9.1 km	71.5
Crosby	11.0 km	63.5
Bebington	9.4 km	50.7
The typical town	–	76.2