Total Crime Rate

78.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 78.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.7 7/10
  • Burglary 10.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.2 7/10
  • Public order 10.2 7/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.4 2/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Alderley Avenue area has the 54th lowest crime rate of 125 local areas in Bidston and St James , and the 353rd highest crime rate of 1,057 local areas in Wirral .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Alderley Avenue (CH41 0ER) in the last 12 months was 78.5 per 1,000 residents and was 46.0% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 44.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alderley Avenue (CH41 0ER), 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 Alderley Avenue area

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

Data Sources

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