Liverpool crime figures for August 2026: year-on-year total rises
Police recorded 5,285 crimes in Liverpool in August 2026, down from 5,423 in August 2025. Over the twelve months to August 2026, the total was higher than in the previous twelve-month period.
By Rafael Cardoso · · police.uk figures for August 2026
There were 5,285 crimes recorded in Liverpool in August 2026, compared with 5,423 in August 2025, a fall of 3%. This is equivalent to 10.4 crimes per 1,000 residents, based on a population of 508,961. Single-month figures can vary considerably from one year to the next, so the twelve-month comparison below gives a clearer picture of the trend.
Over the twelve months from September 2025 to August 2026, 62,910 crimes were recorded in Liverpool, compared with 61,942 in the twelve months from September 2024 to August 2025, a rise of 2%. Across England and Wales, total crime fell 1% over the same two periods.
Among individual crime types over the same twelve-month periods, shoplifting rose 19%, bicycle theft rose 8%, and possession of weapons rose 8%.
Other crime fell 13%, burglary fell 9%, and public order offences fell 9% over the same twelve-month periods.
The figures
| Crimes in August 2026 | 5,285 (down 3% on August 2025, 5,423) |
|---|---|
| Per 1,000 residents | 10.4 in the month, 508,961 residents |
| September 2025 to August 2026 | 62,910 crimes, up 2% on the 12 months before (61,942) |
| Rose most | Shoplifting up 19% (5,429), Bicycle theft up 8% (598), Possession of weapons (knives and other weapons) up 8% (706) |
| Fell most | Other crime down 13% (1,685), Burglary down 9% (1,773), Public order down 9% (6,330) |
| England and Wales | down 1% over the same 12 months |
Crimes recorded by the police and published on police.uk, counted where they happened and summed for Liverpool. Figures for a single month move a lot; the 12-month change is the steadier guide. This report is written automatically from these figures, and every number in it is checked against them before it is published. How the figures are counted.
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