Total Crime Rate

1429.5 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 1429.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 500.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 218.1 10/10
  • Public order 198.0 10/10
  • Drugs 181.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 107.4 10/10
  • Other theft 73.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 53.7 8/10
  • Other crime 30.2 10/10
  • Robbery 16.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.8 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 13.4 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.1 9/10
  • Burglary 6.7 7/10
  • Theft from the person 3.4 4/10
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

Grange Road East area has the highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Bidston and St James , and the 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 Grange Road East (CH41 5FD) in the last 12 months was 1429.5 per 1,000 residents and was 883.8% 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 149 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -85.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 217 (≈ 728.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grange Road East (CH41 5FD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 204 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Burlington Street (68 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Grange Road East area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lorn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Thomas Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lorn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lorn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lorn Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Burlington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Burlington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Burlington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Burlington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Burlington Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Burlington Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oliver Lane
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Oliver Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Burlington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Burlington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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