Total Crime Rate

181.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

97.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 181.0 9/10
  • Violent crimes 97.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 73.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.7 8/10
  • Public order 21.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.4 9/10
  • Other theft 15.1 9/10
  • Drugs 12.9 9/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.2 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.2 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.2 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

This area has the 20th highest crime rate of 109 local areas in Birkenhead and Tranmere , and the 99th highest crime rate of 1,056 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 This (CH42 2BE) in the last 12 months was 181.0 per 1,000 residents and was 28.0% 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 97.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around postcode CH42 2BE, the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mulberry Close, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nelson Court (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in CH42 2BE area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Mulberry Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Buxton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Buxton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tonbridge Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clyde Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tonbridge Close —
Apr 2026Public order B5136 Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Howson Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mulberry Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ionic Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Mulberry Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bedford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Faversham Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lawnside Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lawnside Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Rock Lane West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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