Crime Rates at Lightbound Road, Birkenhead, CH41 9EZ

Lightbound 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 Lightbound Road (CH41 9EZ) 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 Lightbound Road (CH41 9EZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 92 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wellington Terrace (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.