Total Crime Rate

91.3 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 91.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.5 8/10
  • Drugs 8.3 8/10
  • Other theft 8.3 7/10
  • Public order 6.2 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.1 1/10
  • Robbery 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Kingsdown Street area has the 53rd highest crime rate of 111 local areas in Birkenhead and Tranmere , and the 297th highest crime rate of 1,057 local areas in Wirral .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kingsdown Street (CH41 9DX) in the last 12 months was 91.3 per 1,000 residents and was 62.0% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 53.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kingsdown Street (CH41 9DX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 92 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rodney Street (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Kingsdown Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Helmingham Grove Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Helmingham Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Allerton Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Public order Redmond Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Holborn Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Hinderton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hinderton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Holt Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hinderton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Hinderton Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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