Merseyside crime stats

February 2024

Most crimes, 66.0k crimes were violent crimes which is 39.7% of all crimes committed in the area. Violent crime rate is at 137% of national crime rate. Shoplifting crime was the fastest growing crime and it increased by 15.7% over the last twelve months.Merseyside crime statistics
Crime categoryShare of all crimesRanking (52 counties)% of national crime rateCrime volume% annual change
Violent crime →39.7%3. highest137%66.0k-11.3%
Public order crime →12.2%2. highest186%20.3k-24.9%
Antisocial behaviour crime →9.4%16. lowest73%15.7k-2.1%
Criminal damage and arson crime →8.4%9. highest128%13.9k-12.2%
Drugs crime →6.7%1. highest300%11.2k-9.7%
Other theft crime →5.9%22. highest89%9.9k-5.8%
Shoplifting crime →5.1%17. lowest86%8.4k15.7%
Vehicle crime →4.1%26. lowest78%6.8k-7.4%
Burglary crime →3.3%23. highest91%5.4k-10.8%
Other crime →1.8%13. highest123%3.1k-13.6%
Theft from the person crime →1.1%6. highest65%1.9k-22.6%
Bicycle theft crime →0.8%23. highest84%1.3k-21.9%
Possession of weapons crime →0.8%23. highest105%1.3k-2.0%
Robbery crime →0.7%12. highest68%1.2k-1.3%
Crime categoryShare of all crimesCrime rate ranking% of national crime rateCrime 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.

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