Total Crime Rate

336.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 336.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 98.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 75.1 9/10
  • Public order 49.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 44.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.7 9/10
  • Other theft 13.0 9/10
  • Other crime 10.4 9/10
  • Drugs 7.8 7/10
  • Robbery 5.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.6 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Lowwood Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Bidston and St James , and the 34th highest crime rate of 1,057 local areas in Wirral .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lowwood Road (CH41 2SR) in the last 12 months was 336.8 per 1,000 residents and was 131.8% higher 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 Shoplifting with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 129.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lowwood Road (CH41 2SR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 204 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cedar Street (93 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lowwood Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Catherine Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Horatio Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lowwood Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Catherine Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Catherine Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Catherine Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Catherine Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Catherine Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Catherine Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Catherine Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Horatio Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Horatio Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Raffles Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Catherine Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Oliver Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Oliver Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Oliver Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oliver Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oliver Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Woodlands Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hollybank Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coburg Street
Sep 2025Drugs Coburg Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coburg Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Catherine Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Catherine Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hazel Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlecombe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elm Street

Data Sources

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