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Crime in L23 4UQ

How much crime is recorded in L23 4UQ, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Neighbourhood
Hightown & Thornton
Council
Sefton
Region
North West
Neighbourhood population
1,709 (2024)
Crime

How safe is L23 4UQ

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 36.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the L23 4UQ area, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
36.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
84
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

What crime is recorded

Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).

L23 4UQNational
Violence and sexual offences32.523.6
Public order10.64.6
Burglary9.19.1
Criminal damage and arson8.84.7
Other theft8.54.5
Drugs8.22.4
Anti-social behaviour4.810.7
Shoplifting3.88.4
Other crime2.21.5
Vehicle crime0.93.5
Possession of weapons0.70.9
Bicycle theft0.71.0
Robbery0.31.4
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.

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