Total Crime Rate
91.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hillside Road 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 Hillside Road (CH41 9EL) 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 Hillside Road (CH41 9EL), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 92 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birkenhead and Tranmere| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Helmingham Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsdown Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Kingsdown Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Marquis Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Helmingham Grove | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lightbound Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lightbound Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lightbound Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holt Hill Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Allerton Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Allerton Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Redmond Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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