Total Crime Rate
64.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Liversidge Road area has the 39th lowest crime rate of 109 local areas in Birkenhead and Tranmere , and the 427th highest crime rate of 1,056 local areas in Wirral .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Liversidge Road (CH42 0LS) in the last 12 months was 64.0 per 1,000 residents and was 74.6% lower than the Birkenhead and Tranmere average (251.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 30.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -90.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Liversidge Road (CH42 0LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 134 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Catherines Gardens (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birkenhead and Tranmere| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Catherines Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Catherines Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Catherines Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Catherines Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Catherines Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Catherines Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Catherines Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wellington Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Fountain Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fountain Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maybank Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Church Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Elm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wellington Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Allerton Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Derby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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