Total Crime Rate
95.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dingle Road area has the 48th highest crime rate of 111 local areas in Birkenhead and Tranmere , and the 273rd 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 Dingle Road (CH42 0JN) in the last 12 months was 95.9 per 1,000 residents and was 60.1% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -90.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 52.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 171.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dingle Road (CH42 0JN), the main crime hotspot is near Cedar Street. Police recorded 142 crimes here, including 93 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 | Drugs | Town View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Quarry Bank | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Falcon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cedar Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cedar Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cedar Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cedar Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Carnforth Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Carnforth Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Carnforth Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Harrowby Road South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Quarry Bank | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Quarry Bank | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Penrith Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Quarry Bank | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Victoria Fields | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Fields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clayton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Clayton Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Larch Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Larch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Larch Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Elmswood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmswood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Windsor Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Windsor Street | Under investigation |
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