Total Crime Rate
61.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
26.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Trent Street area has the 41st lowest crime rate of 125 local areas in Bidston and St James , and the 442nd 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 Trent Street (CH41 8JD) in the last 12 months was 61.6 per 1,000 residents and was 59.5% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 26.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Trent Street (CH41 8JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St James Road, where police recorded 25 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.
View Crime In Bidston and St James| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laird Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Solway Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Deakin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lincoln Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ribble Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ribble Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alwen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Laird Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ilchester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brenig Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bertha Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St James Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lincoln Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Connaught Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stanley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Connaught Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Solway Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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