Total Crime Rate

228.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 228.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 129.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 33.1 10/10
  • Drugs 33.1 10/10
  • Public order 16.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.3 4/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Other theft 2.8 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Borough Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 111 local areas in Birkenhead and Tranmere , and the 63rd highest crime rate of 1,057 local areas in Wirral .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Borough Road (CH42 0HB) in the last 12 months was 228.7 per 1,000 residents and was 4.9% 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 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 146.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Borough Road (CH42 0HB), the main crime hotspot is near Cartmel Close. Police recorded 66 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Borough Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Larch Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodville Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodville Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cartmel Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cartmel Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cartmel Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Merlin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merlin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carnforth Close
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Carnforth Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Carnforth Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Harrowby Road South Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elmswood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Elmswood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Drugs Cartmel Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ashford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brimstage Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brimstage Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brimstage Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Fields Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Victoria Fields Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Larch Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Larch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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