Total Crime Rate
1759.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
592.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Borough Road area has the highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Bidston and St James , and the highest crime rate of 1,056 local areas in Wirral .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Borough Road (CH41 2RB) in the last 12 months was 1759.8 per 1,000 residents and was 1056.9% higher 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 Shoplifting with 198 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 6 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 227 (≈ 592.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Borough Road (CH41 2RB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Catherine Street, where police recorded 246 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cedar Street (98 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birkenhead and Tranmere| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Catherine Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Windsor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Horatio Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | The Woodlands | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | The Woodlands | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bentinck Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bentinck Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Menai Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Catherine Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Catherine Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Horatio Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Horatio Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Catherine Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maritime Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Horatio Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tetbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Tetbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tetbury Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tetbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tetbury Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Horatio Street | Under investigation |
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