Total Crime Rate
226.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Gladstone Close area has the 25th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Bidston and St James , and the 68th highest crime rate of 1,057 local areas in Wirral .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Gladstone Close (CH41 4LZ) in the last 12 months was 226.0 per 1,000 residents and was 55.6% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 71.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 106.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gladstone Close (CH41 4LZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Catherine Street, where police recorded 170 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near River Street (49 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bidston and St James| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Catherine Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parkfield Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | River Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | River Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | River Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | River Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vittoria Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Vittoria Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clayton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clayton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sisters Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | River Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sisters Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Craven Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conway Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Conway Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hope Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Knowles Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cole Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Craven Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | River Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Clayton Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Keightley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hilton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Catherine Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Menai Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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