Total Crime Rate
391.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
181.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oxton Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Bidston and St James , and the 32nd 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 Oxton Road (CH41 2TW) in the last 12 months was 391.2 per 1,000 residents and was 157.2% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 70 (≈ 181.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oxton Road (CH41 2TW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (35 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Warwick Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Windsor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quarry Bank | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | The Lindens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clarendon Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clayton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Whalley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clayton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cartmel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cartmel Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cartmel Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cartmel Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cartmel Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cartmel Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Henthorne Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Henthorne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Maritime Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Maritime Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whalley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ball'S Road East | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cartmel Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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