Total Crime Rate
228.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Seaton 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 Seaton Road (CH42 0JZ) 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 Seaton Road (CH42 0JZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Catherines Gardens, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Whalley Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birkenhead and Tranmere| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Catherines Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Catherines Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tatton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maybank Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Maybank Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Maybank Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Catherines Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Catherines Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Victoria Fields | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Catherines Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Raffles Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Harrowby Road South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Raffles Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Brimstage Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brimstage Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brimstage Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Aspendale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Fields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whalley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Adelaide Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Elmswood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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