Total Crime Rate
315.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Corinthian Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 111 local areas in Birkenhead and Tranmere , and the 38th highest crime rate of 1,057 local areas in Wirral .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Corinthian Street (CH42 2BH) in the last 12 months was 315.9 per 1,000 residents and was 31.3% higher 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 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 220.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -4.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 65 (≈ 178.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Corinthian Street (CH42 2BH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clyde Street, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mulberry Close (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 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Drugs | Meadow Lane | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Meadow Lane | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mulberry Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clyde Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clyde Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mulberry Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wycliffe Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wycliffe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bedford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wycliffe Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Clyde Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wordsworth Avenue | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queens Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Faversham Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Russell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tonbridge Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Chester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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