Total Crime Rate

240.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

106.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 240.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 106.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 83.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 46.3 10/10
  • Public order 23.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.5 7/10
  • Other theft 18.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.5 10/10
  • Drugs 13.9 9/10
  • Other crime 13.9 10/10
  • Burglary 4.6 5/10
  • 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Laird Street area has the 25th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Bidston and St James , and the 59th highest crime rate of 1,056 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 Laird Street (CH41 8ER) in the last 12 months was 240.7 per 1,000 residents and was 58.3% higher 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 106.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Laird Street (CH41 8ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lansdowne Road, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Solway Street (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Laird Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (24/24)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Laird Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ilchester Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lincoln Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lincoln Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Solway Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Solway Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Deakin Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Connaught Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ribble Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ribble Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alwen Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Thistleton Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Thornton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Brenig Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thornton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs St James Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Connaught Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Lansdowne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Stanley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order The Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Laird Close Local resolution
Apr 2026Other theft Bertha Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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