Total Crime Rate
65.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hoylake Road area has the 47th lowest crime rate of 125 local areas in Bidston and St James , and the 417th highest crime rate of 1,056 local areas in Wirral .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hoylake Road (CH41 7BS) in the last 12 months was 65.7 per 1,000 residents and was 56.8% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 33.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hoylake Road (CH41 7BS), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 77 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bidston and St James| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alwen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St James Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brenig Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Townsend Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Townsend Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Curlender Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Curlender Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Challis Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stanley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tapestry Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Patricia Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tapestry Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lansdowne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Laird Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laird Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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