Total Crime Rate

31.8 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 31.8 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.6 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.1 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Shoplifting 3.5 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Woodsorrel Road area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 125 local areas in Bidston and St James , and the 367th lowest crime rate of 1,057 local areas in Wirral .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Woodsorrel Road (CH41 0DN) in the last 12 months was 31.8 per 1,000 residents and was 78.1% lower than the Bidston and St James average (145.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Woodsorrel Road (CH41 0DN), the main crime hotspot is near Lingdale Road North. Police recorded 56 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Woodsorrel Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Daffodil Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lingdale Road North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Lingdale Road North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Lingdale Road North Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lingdale Road North Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Rimmers Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lingdale Road North
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lingdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lingdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Vulcan Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Sumner Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lansdowne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Woodsorrel Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Scotts Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Benbow Close Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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