Postcode · Liverpool
Crime in L8 3US
How much crime is recorded in L8 3US, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Toxteth
- Council
- Liverpool
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,064 (2024)
L8 3USLiverpool
How safe is L8 3US
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 50.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the L8 3US area, well above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 8 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
8/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Higher than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
50.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
140
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 3USNational
Violence and sexual offences38.523.6
Shoplifting35.58.4
Drugs14.82.4
Public order12.04.6
Anti-social behaviour11.010.7
Vehicle crime8.03.5
Criminal damage and arson7.54.7
Other theft5.44.5
Other crime2.21.5
Burglary2.19.1
Robbery2.01.4
Possession of weapons1.40.9
Bicycle theft1.01.0
Theft from the person0.32.1
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat 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.