Total Crime Rate

404.1 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 404.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 171.4 10/10
  • Drugs 57.1 10/10
  • Public order 49.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.7 10/10
  • Burglary 24.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.4 8/10
  • Shoplifting 16.3 6/10
  • Other theft 12.2 8/10
  • Other crime 8.2 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Circular Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Bidston and St James , and the 26th highest crime rate of 1,057 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 Circular Road (CH41 2SS) in the last 12 months was 404.1 per 1,000 residents and was 178.1% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 56 (≈ 228.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 93.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Circular Road (CH41 2SS), 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 Circular Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Cedar Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Maple Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cedar Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cedar Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cedar Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Cedar Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft Cedar Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Cedar Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Coburg Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coburg Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lowwood Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coburg Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Catherine Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Catherine Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Catherine Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Catherine Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hazel Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Catherine Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlecombe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Horatio Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlecombe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlecombe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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