Total Crime Rate
86.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Byrne Avenue area has the 54th highest crime rate of 111 local areas in Birkenhead and Tranmere , and the 316th highest crime rate of 1,057 local areas in Wirral .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Byrne Avenue (CH42 4PG) in the last 12 months was 86.2 per 1,000 residents and was 64.2% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 40.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 202.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Byrne Avenue (CH42 4PG), 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 | 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 | Drugs | Meadow Lane | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Meadow Lane | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mulberry Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mulberry Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mulberry Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wycliffe Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wycliffe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | B5149 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | B5149 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmerston Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wycliffe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Farlow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clyde Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wordsworth Avenue | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spenser Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clyde Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Highfield Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Clyde Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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