Total Crime Rate
128.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
79.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beech Court area has the 37th highest crime rate of 109 local areas in Birkenhead and Tranmere , and the 170th highest crime rate of 1,056 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 Beech Court (CH42 0NN) in the last 12 months was 128.8 per 1,000 residents and was 48.8% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 79.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beech Court (CH42 0NN), the main crime hotspot is near Cedar Street. Police recorded 147 crimes here, including 98 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wellington Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Victoria Fields | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Catherines Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Whalley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whalley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Whalley Road | 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 | Milton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Quarry Bank | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Victoria Fields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlecombe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Road East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Charlecombe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maybank Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cedar Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cedar Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cedar Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cedar Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fountain Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Fountain Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cedar Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Street | Under investigation |
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