Postcode · Liverpool
Crime in L8 4XT
How much crime is recorded in L8 4XT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Toxteth
- Council
- Liverpool
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,850 (2024)
L8 4XTLiverpool
How safe is L8 4XT
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 36.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the L8 4XT 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
36.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
90
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 4XTNational
Violence and sexual offences24.723.6
Shoplifting13.58.4
Drugs13.12.4
Anti-social behaviour9.610.7
Vehicle crime7.63.5
Criminal damage and arson6.74.7
Public order5.24.6
Burglary2.59.1
Other theft1.94.5
Other crime1.71.5
Possession of weapons1.60.9
Robbery1.61.4
Bicycle theft1.01.0
Theft from the person0.52.1
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 32% 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.