Postcode district · Liverpool
Crime in L22
How much crime is recorded in L22, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Sefton
- Region
- North West
- Population
- 18,343 (2024)
L22Postcode district · Liverpool
How safe is L22
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 25.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in L22, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
25.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
46
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
L22National
Violence and sexual offences20.923.6
Burglary5.49.1
Anti-social behaviour4.710.7
Public order4.34.6
Criminal damage and arson3.74.7
Drugs2.92.4
Other theft2.64.5
Shoplifting1.88.4
Vehicle crime1.73.5
Other crime1.01.5
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Theft from the person0.62.1
Bicycle theft0.51.0
Robbery0.51.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 34% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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10
20
30
40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.