Total Crime Rate
184.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
121.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wellington Terrace area has the 18th highest crime rate of 109 local areas in Birkenhead and Tranmere , and the 95th highest crime rate of 1,056 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 Wellington Terrace (CH41 2TB) in the last 12 months was 184.9 per 1,000 residents and was 26.5% lower 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 121.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wellington Terrace (CH41 2TB), the main crime hotspot is near Cedar Street. Police recorded 147 crimes here, including 98 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birkenhead and Tranmere| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lowwood Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lowwood Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lowwood Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lowwood Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlecombe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Charlecombe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lightbound Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cedar Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maybank Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Road East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Derby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Harland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Holt Hill Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lowwood Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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