Postcode · Liverpool
Crime in L23 9US
How much crime is recorded in L23 9US, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Hightown & Thornton
- Council
- Sefton
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,343 (2024)
L23 9USLiverpool
How safe is L23 9US
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 32.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the L23 9US area, broadly in line with 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
32.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
49
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).
L23 9USNational
Violence and sexual offences29.323.6
Burglary4.29.1
Anti-social behaviour3.610.7
Criminal damage and arson3.24.7
Public order2.84.6
Other theft2.54.5
Other crime2.21.5
Vehicle crime1.73.5
Drugs1.52.4
Bicycle theft0.51.0
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Robbery0.01.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 60% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.