Postcode · Liverpool
Crime in L8 7PH
How much crime is recorded in L8 7PH, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Chinatown, St James & Georgian Quarter
- Council
- Liverpool
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 3,003 (2024)
L8 7PHLiverpool
How safe is L8 7PH
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 38.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the L8 7PH 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
38.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
91
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 7PHNational
Violence and sexual offences29.623.6
Burglary17.99.1
Drugs15.32.4
Anti-social behaviour11.210.7
Public order8.44.6
Other theft6.64.5
Shoplifting4.88.4
Criminal damage and arson3.44.7
Vehicle crime2.73.5
Other crime1.71.5
Robbery1.51.4
Bicycle theft1.41.0
Possession of weapons0.90.9
Theft from the person0.32.1
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 21% 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.