Total Crime Rate

654.0 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 654.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 130.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 130.2 10/10
  • Public order 98.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 88.9 9/10
  • Drugs 66.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 38.1 10/10
  • Other theft 31.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.9 9/10
  • Burglary 12.7 9/10
  • Other crime 12.7 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 12.7 10/10
  • Robbery 9.5 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.4 8/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
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

Hinderton Road area has the highest crime rate of 111 local areas in Birkenhead and Tranmere , and the 10th 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 Hinderton Road (CH41 9AE) in the last 12 months was 654.0 per 1,000 residents and was 171.9% higher than the Birkenhead and Tranmere average (240.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 79 (≈ 250.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hinderton Road (CH41 9AE), the main crime hotspot is near Helena Street. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hinderton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (25/25)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redmond Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Helena Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Lightbound Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Kelvin Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Hinderton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lightbound Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hinderton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Hinderton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Holborn Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Marquis Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Holt Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lightbound Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holt Hill Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Helena Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rodney Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Acuba Grove Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsdown Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Redmond Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Helmingham Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Helmingham Grove Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsdown Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Redmond Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Kingsdown Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Helena Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hinderton Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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