Total Crime Rate
128.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bedford Road area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 111 local areas in Birkenhead and Tranmere , and the 168th 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 Bedford Road (CH42 2AS) in the last 12 months was 128.7 per 1,000 residents and was 46.5% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 60.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bedford Road (CH42 2AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clyde Street, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wycliffe Street (18 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Manor Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Faversham Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wycliffe Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wordsworth Avenue | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wycliffe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wycliffe Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tonbridge Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Russell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queens Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Clyde Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clyde Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clyde Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Chester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bedford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wycliffe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mulberry Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mulberry Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | B5136 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mulberry Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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