Total Crime Rate
138.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
83.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hoylake Road area has the 41st highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Bidston and St James , and the 145th highest crime rate of 1,056 local areas in Wirral .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hoylake Road (CH41 7DD) in the last 12 months was 138.7 per 1,000 residents and was 8.8% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( 12.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 83.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hoylake Road (CH41 7DD), the main crime hotspot is near Treetops Drive. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 28 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 | Burglary | Worcester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Treetops Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Worcester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Valley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurrell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurrell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wildbrook Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wildbrook Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wildbrook Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fairbrook Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Treetops Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Observatory Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Treetops Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Treetops Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Treetops Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Treetops Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Treetops Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Treetops Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Treetops Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Treetops Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hoblyn Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hoylake Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hoylake Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Worcester Road | Under investigation |
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