Postcode · Liverpool
Crime in L8 1UT
How much crime is recorded in L8 1UT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Toxteth
- Council
- Liverpool
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,898 (2024)
L8 1UTLiverpool
How safe is L8 1UT
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 34.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the L8 1UT 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
34.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
64
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).
L8 1UTNational
Violence and sexual offences25.323.6
Drugs11.62.4
Burglary7.19.1
Public order5.14.6
Anti-social behaviour4.010.7
Criminal damage and arson3.74.7
Vehicle crime3.73.5
Possession of weapons2.30.9
Other theft2.14.5
Other crime1.21.5
Bicycle theft1.11.0
Robbery0.91.4
Theft from the person0.62.1
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 27% 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.