Total Crime Rate

226.0 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 226.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 89.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.0 10/10
  • Drugs 20.6 10/10
  • Other theft 20.6 10/10
  • Public order 17.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.9 6/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Hilton 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 Hilton Close (CH41 4NA) 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 Hilton Close (CH41 4NA), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Hilton Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Catherine Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Catherine Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clayton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clayton Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parkfield Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sisters Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sisters Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conway Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Conway Drive —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Craven Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Craven Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Paterson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gordon Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gordon Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gordon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gordon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eastbourne Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Claughton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Claughton Place —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Simpson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Craven Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hilton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Knowles Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Dover Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vittoria Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Vittoria Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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