The overall crime rate in Southport city is 93.4 crimes per 1,000. Most crimes, 3.4k crimes were violent crimes which is 43.7% of all crimes committed in the area. Violent crime rate is at 118% of national crime rate. Robbery crime was the fastest growing crime and it increased by 19.4% over the last twelve months.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 205% of national crime rate which puts Southport on 10. position out of 99 England's and Wales' cities in this crime category. "Drugs crime" makes up 5.9% of all crimes committed in the area. The total number of "drugs crime" is 461 cases and has decreased by 15.7% when compared year-over-year in the period of July 2023 - June 2024.
Crime statistic | Share of all crimes | Ranking (99 cities) | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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Violent crime | 43.7% | 38. lowest | 118% | 3.4k | -16.4% |
Public order crime | 12.4% | 31. highest | 159% | 970 | -23.0% |
Antisocial behaviour crime | 8.8% | 4. lowest | 54% | 692 | 13.6% |
Criminal damage and arson crime | 7.2% | 12. lowest | 89% | 564 | -14.9% |
Shoplifting crime | 6.4% | 4. lowest | 79% | 499 | 15.8% |
Drugs crime | 5.9% | 10. highest | 205% | 461 | -15.7% |
Other theft crime | 5.8% | 6. lowest | 72% | 457 | -10.2% |
Vehicle crime | 2.9% | 5. lowest | 45% | 226 | -20.1% |
Burglary crime | 2.7% | 8. lowest | 60% | 211 | -21.3% |
Other crime | 1.6% | 14. lowest | 81% | 127 | -26.2% |
Bicycle theft crime | 0.9% | 27. lowest | 83% | 72 | -30.8% |
Possession of weapons crime | 0.7% | 9. lowest | 72% | 55 | 10.0% |
Robbery crime | 0.5% | 7. lowest | 42% | 43 | 19.4% |
Theft from the person crime | 0.5% | 11. lowest | 22% | 38 | -37.7% |
Crime statistic | Share of all crimes | Crime rate ranking | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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This graph compares crime rate in Southport city to the national crime rate for each crime statistic.
Crime statistic | Southport city crime rate | England and Wales - national crime rate |
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Anti-social behaviour | 8.2 | 15.2 |
Bicycle theft | 0.9 | 1.0 |
Burglary | 2.5 | 4.2 |
Criminal damage and arson | 6.7 | 7.6 |
Drugs | 5.5 | 2.7 |
Other crime | 1.5 | 1.9 |
Other theft | 5.4 | 7.6 |
Possession of weapons | 0.7 | 0.9 |
Public order | 11.6 | 7.3 |
Robbery | 0.5 | 1.2 |
Shoplifting | 5.9 | 7.5 |
Theft from the person | 0.5 | 2.0 |
Vehicle crime | 2.7 | 6.0 |
Violent crime | 40.8 | 34.5 |