Total Crime Rate
473.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
301.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cedar Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 109 local areas in Birkenhead and Tranmere , and the 16th highest crime rate of 1,056 local areas in Wirral .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cedar Street (CH41 2TA) in the last 12 months was 473.0 per 1,000 residents and was 88.1% higher than the Birkenhead and Tranmere average (251.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 94 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 123 (≈ 301.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cedar Street (CH41 2TA), 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 | Shoplifting | Oliver Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Horatio Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Horatio Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Horatio Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Horatio Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Horatio Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Horatio 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 | Shoplifting | Horatio Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Horatio Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Catherine Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Catherine Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Catherine Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Catherine Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Catherine Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Catherine Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Catherine Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Horatio Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Horatio Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Catherine Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Horatio Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | The Woodlands | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Horatio Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Horatio Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Horatio Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Horatio Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Horatio Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Horatio Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lowwood Grove | — |
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