Crime category | Share of all crimes | Ranking (52 counties) | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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Violent crime → | 39.7% | 3. highest | 137% | 66.0k | -11.3% |
Public order crime → | 12.2% | 2. highest | 186% | 20.3k | -24.9% |
Antisocial behaviour crime → | 9.4% | 16. lowest | 73% | 15.7k | -2.1% |
Criminal damage and arson crime → | 8.4% | 9. highest | 128% | 13.9k | -12.2% |
Drugs crime → | 6.7% | 1. highest | 300% | 11.2k | -9.7% |
Other theft crime → | 5.9% | 22. highest | 89% | 9.9k | -5.8% |
Shoplifting crime → | 5.1% | 17. lowest | 86% | 8.4k | 15.7% |
Vehicle crime → | 4.1% | 26. lowest | 78% | 6.8k | -7.4% |
Burglary crime → | 3.3% | 23. highest | 91% | 5.4k | -10.8% |
Other crime → | 1.8% | 13. highest | 123% | 3.1k | -13.6% |
Theft from the person crime → | 1.1% | 6. highest | 65% | 1.9k | -22.6% |
Bicycle theft crime → | 0.8% | 23. highest | 84% | 1.3k | -21.9% |
Possession of weapons crime → | 0.8% | 23. highest | 105% | 1.3k | -2.0% |
Robbery crime → | 0.7% | 12. highest | 68% | 1.2k | -1.3% |
Crime category | Share of all crimes | Crime rate ranking | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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The category of "drugs crime" is the highest ranking crime category when category crime rate is compared to the national average. "Drugs crime" rate is at 300% of national crime rate which puts Merseyside on 1. position out of 52 England's and Wales' counties in this crime category. "Drugs crime" makes up 6.7% of all crimes committed in the area. The total number of "drugs crime" is 11.2k cases and has decreased by 9.7% when compared year-over-year in the period of February 2023 - January 2024.