Total Crime Rate

355.8 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 355.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 108.6 10/10
  • Drugs 74.9 10/10
  • Public order 52.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.7 9/10
  • Other theft 26.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.7 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 15.0 10/10
  • Other crime 11.2 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 3/10
  • Shoplifting 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

St Anne Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Bidston and St James , and the 28th highest crime rate of 1,057 local areas in Wirral .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around St Anne Street (CH41 3SN) in the last 12 months was 355.8 per 1,000 residents and was 144.9% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 180.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 179.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Anne Street (CH41 3SN), the main crime hotspot is near Vittoria Street. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in St Anne Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Trinity Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aberdeen Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Pool Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pool Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Craven Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Vittoria Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hilton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vittoria Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Knowles Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cottage Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Aberdeen Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Aberdeen Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aberdeen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Pool Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Watson Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Watson Street
Sep 2025Drugs Trinity Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hope Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Keightley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Annes Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newton Street
Sep 2025Other theft Newton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Dover Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cathcart Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Pool Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pool Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Anne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Laurence Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Livingstone Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Livingstone Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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