Nearly one crime is committed for every person living in Merseyside’s most crime-hit neighbourhood - and you can see how your area compares with this interactive map.
A neighbourhood covering part of Liverpool city centre and the waterfront has a higher crime rate than anywhere else in our region after a total of 5,766 separate offences were recorded there last year. When compared to the population that adds up to 797 offences for every 1,000 residents.
This is the highest rate across Merseyside and the 12th highest of nearly 7,000 neighbourhoods in England and Wales. It also means the equivalent of one offence was committed every 91 minutes in this area.
According to the government map, this area includes areas along the Waterfront, the Pier Head, the Albert Dock and extends to include parts of the Baltic Triangle and even Mathew Street.
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There were 689 drugs offences recorded there last year, which was the third-highest rate of drug crime in all of England and Wales.
But area also suffered from the highest rates of robbery, weapons possession offences, shoplifting, theft, and violence and sexual crimes in Merseyside.
It is important to point out that these areas form part of Liverpool city centre, which could be a key factor in its higher crime rate, with far more people drawn to the area. There are also fewer people living in the area compared with other parts of the city also skewing the numbers.
There were more crimes committed in the Central & Islington neighbourhood in Liverpool, which includes other parts of the city centre, a total of 9,550, the highest number in Merseyside.
But the higher population means that neighbourhood has only the second highest crime rate in Merseyside, with 676 offences for every 1,000 residents.
Central & Islington had Merseyside’s highest rates of burglary and bike theft, as well as the fourth highest rate of drug crime in the country.
Birkenhead Central in Wirral suffers from more anti-social behaviour than anywhere else in Merseyside, along with our area’s third-highest crime rate overall (544 crimes for every 1,000 residents).
Meanwhile, the safest place to live in Merseyside was Gayton & Lower Heswall in Wirral, where there were 247 crimes committed all last year, the equivalent of 28 for every 1,000 people living in that neighbourhood.
