Published crime rates, Liverpool (Merseyside Police area)

Postcode districts and sectors ranked by published street-crime records per 1,000 Census 2021 residents, September 2025 to August 2026. Counts sit beside every rate.

These are published crime rates, not safety ratings. Expect city centres, stations and big shopping areas near the top: many people visit, few live there, and a residents-only rate counts the visitors' records against the residents alone. Published locations are approximate; they are snapped to anonymous map points before release, and each record is assigned to its nearest postcode, so records near a boundary can fall in the next area. Areas with fewer than 5,000 residents, and areas inside a force publication gap, are not ranked. Rates cover England and Wales only. How rankings are built.

Highest published rates

Rank of 54	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	L1 11,568 residents	886.2	10,252
2	L3 20,619 residents	262.2	5,406
3	CH41 19,611 residents	222.3	4,359
4	L5 14,575 residents	205.7	2,998
5	L6 24,739 residents	156.4	3,868
6	L20 34,490 residents	155.5	5,364
7	L7 21,625 residents	149.3	3,229
8	L4 40,668 residents	146.9	5,973
9	L9 31,895 residents	143.6	4,579
10	L34 13,815 residents	140.6	1,943
11	L8 35,299 residents	134.0	4,729
12	WA10 40,259 residents	132.6	5,340
13	WA9 52,742 residents	125.9	6,638
14	L32 21,050 residents	125.4	2,640
15	L13 29,852 residents	124.0	3,702
16	L24 17,385 residents	120.8	2,100
17	L30 19,926 residents	119.9	2,389
18	L28 6,684 residents	114.5	765
19	L21 24,992 residents	113.7	2,842
20	L17 22,920 residents	107.1	2,454

Lowest published rates

Rank of 54	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
54	CH61 17,135 residents	24.8	425
53	CH60 13,043 residents	26.7	348
52	CH47 10,829 residents	28.9	313
51	L16 14,666 residents	30.5	448
50	CH63 29,323 residents	35.0	1,026
49	CH48 14,927 residents	36.3	542
48	CH46 25,263 residents	49.3	1,246
47	L37 23,370 residents	49.9	1,165
46	CH45 30,198 residents	50.4	1,522
45	CH43 37,802 residents	52.0	1,966
44	L31 30,797 residents	53.1	1,634
43	CH49 29,556 residents	55.5	1,639
42	L12 30,641 residents	57.6	1,766
41	CH62 30,284 residents	58.8	1,781
40	L18 26,122 residents	62.0	1,619
39	L23 30,446 residents	62.1	1,890
38	WA11 39,972 residents	66.7	2,665
37	L10 15,286 residents	69.9	1,069
36	L27 6,723 residents	71.1	478
35	L22 13,736 residents	73.5	1,010

Postcode sectors: highest published rates

Rank of 48	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	WA9 1 5,990 residents	265.1	1,588
2	WA10 2 5,198 residents	260.1	1,352
3	L20 4 6,913 residents	232.3	1,606
4	L9 1 6,119 residents	227.5	1,392
5	PR9 0 7,529 residents	211.7	1,594
6	L8 0 6,795 residents	169.4	1,151
7	L4 5 5,739 residents	159.8	917
8	WA9 2 7,294 residents	136.1	993
9	L4 2 5,831 residents	132.6	773
10	L36 3 5,130 residents	126.1	647
11	WA9 3 11,809 residents	120.8	1,426
12	WA9 5 13,202 residents	112.2	1,481
13	L4 9 5,428 residents	106.5	578
14	L11 2 5,804 residents	98.9	574
15	L35 3 7,059 residents	97.6	689
16	WA11 7 6,838 residents	97.4	666
17	WA12 9 11,637 residents	93.9	1,093
18	L36 8 5,159 residents	91.9	474
19	PR8 5 6,513 residents	90.9	592
20	WA10 3 9,403 residents	90.5	851

Postcode sectors: lowest published rates

Rank of 48	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
48	CH49 4 5,525 residents	23.3	129
47	WA11 8 6,235 residents	26.1	163
46	CH46 6 5,053 residents	28.9	146
45	CH62 8 5,206 residents	30.5	159
44	PR8 2 8,562 residents	39.6	339
43	L36 4 6,522 residents	40.5	264
42	CH43 9 7,886 residents	41.2	325
41	WA10 5 6,188 residents	42.0	260
40	L12 0 9,322 residents	42.3	394
39	PR9 8 10,615 residents	45.1	479
38	PR8 4 10,919 residents	47.7	521
37	L21 9 5,243 residents	50.5	265
36	PR9 9 14,446 residents	51.1	738
35	L23 9 5,719 residents	53.3	305
34	PR9 7 11,331 residents	53.7	609
33	PR8 3 12,438 residents	55.6	692
32	L18 1 6,090 residents	56.2	342
31	WA11 0 15,513 residents	65.4	1,015
30	PR8 6 13,461 residents	65.8	886
29	WA10 4 8,878 residents	69.5	617

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