Total Crime Rate
723.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
269.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Holt Hill area has the highest crime rate of 109 local areas in Birkenhead and Tranmere , and the 10th highest crime rate of 1,056 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 Holt Hill (CH41 9DG) in the last 12 months was 723.8 per 1,000 residents and was 187.8% higher than the Birkenhead and Tranmere average (251.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 59 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -32.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 85 (≈ 269.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Holt Hill (CH41 9DG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 134 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Helena Street (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birkenhead and Tranmere| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kingsdown Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Helmingham Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hinderton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Clifton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kelvin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelvin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holborn Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acuba Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hinderton Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hinderton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hinderton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hinderton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Olive Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Olive Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Marquis Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sidney Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pearson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lightbound Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Clifton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frodsham Street | Under investigation |
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