There are different versions of the 16 page charter covering different areas of the city, each setting measurable standards for council services such as street cleaning, recycling, housing allocation and community safety. Areas are made up of three neighbouring wards which are profiled in a page of tables giving figures for total population, ethnic minority population and community safety (crime rates). In the 'Three Parks Area' for example, there is the following:

Ethnic minority population as a % of total population

Princes Park 37.7%
Greenbank 16.7%
St Michaels 12.6%

Community Safety (per 1000)

Princes Park 171.9
Greenbank 118.3
St Michaels 113.8

The problem with this kind of simplistic presentation is that it doesn't quite give the whole story. While the figures imply 'ethnic minority = higher crime' it is worth pointing out that Granby (in the centre of Princes Park) has an unemployment rate over twice that of anywhere else in Liverpool. This gives a new equation: unemployment = higher crime rate.


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* Liverpool average unemployment 5.1%
* Granby 12.4%
(the next highest rate is below 9%)


Liverpool Strategic Employment Bulletin August 2004

 http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/Images/PMD%20162%20%20-%20PSA%20Bulletin%20August%202004_tcm21-23373.pdf