Total Crime Rate
102.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Grove Road area has the 43rd highest crime rate of 111 local areas in Birkenhead and Tranmere , and the 245th highest crime rate of 1,057 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 Grove Road (CH42 3XT) in the last 12 months was 102.3 per 1,000 residents and was 57.5% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 52.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grove Road (CH42 3XT), the main crime hotspot is near B5149. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wye Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clyde Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | B5149 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | B5149 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | B5149 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | B5149 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | B5149 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | B5149 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | B5149 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | B5149 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clyde Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | B5149 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mulberry Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Drugs | Meadow Lane | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | B5149 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | B5149 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St Paul'S Villas | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Meadow Lane | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Clyde Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wycliffe Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wycliffe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wycliffe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmerston Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wycliffe Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bedford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wordsworth Avenue | Local resolution |
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