Total Crime Rate

84.4 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 84.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.7 8/10
  • Drugs 10.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.2 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.2 7/10
  • Public order 4.2 4/10
  • Burglary 2.1 1/10
  • Other crime 2.1 1/10
  • Other theft 2.1 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Old Chester Road area has the 56th lowest crime rate of 111 local areas in Birkenhead and Tranmere , and the 326th highest crime rate of 1,057 local areas in Wirral .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Old Chester Road (CH41 9AT) in the last 12 months was 84.4 per 1,000 residents and was 64.9% lower than the Birkenhead and Tranmere average (240.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 61.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Chester Road (CH41 9AT), the main crime hotspot is near Pembroke Court. Police recorded 61 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Old Chester Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Parkside Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Holt Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Helmingham Grove Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tudor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Oriel Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oriel Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mersey Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Quigley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Holborn Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkside Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pembroke Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Pembroke Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Pembroke Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Pembroke Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Orchard Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pembroke Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Pembroke Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Helmingham Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jessamine Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Southwick Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peel Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Acuba Grove Local resolution
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Data Sources

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