Total Crime Rate

99.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

77.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 99.3 8/10
  • Violent crimes 77.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 73.5 9/10
  • Other theft 11.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.4 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.7 3/10
  • Public order 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Thornton Street area has the 58th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Bidston and St James , and the 258th highest crime rate of 1,056 local areas in Wirral .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Thornton Street (CH41 0BE) in the last 12 months was 99.3 per 1,000 residents and was 34.7% lower than the Bidston and St James average (152.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 77.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thornton Street (CH41 0BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Seeley Avenue (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Thornton Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Portland Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Thistleton Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Bertha Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Carrington Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Connaught Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Deakin Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Thornton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thornton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Connaught Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Solway Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Solway Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Mallaby Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Mallaby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Further investigation is not in the public interest
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Data Sources

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