Total Crime Rate

128.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 128.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.8 8/10
  • Other theft 15.6 9/10
  • Public order 13.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.7 6/10
  • Drugs 11.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.8 7/10
  • Burglary 5.9 6/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.0 1/10
  • Robbery 2.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bedford 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.

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Crime Over Time in Bedford Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Manor Lane
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Faversham Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wycliffe Street
Sep 2025Drugs Wordsworth Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Wycliffe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wycliffe Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tonbridge Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Russell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queens Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chatham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Clyde Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clyde Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clyde Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Chester Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bedford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wycliffe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mulberry Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mulberry Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft B5136 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mulberry Close Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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