Total Crime Rate
492.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hampden Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 111 local areas in Birkenhead and Tranmere , and the 15th 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 Hampden Road (CH42 5LH) in the last 12 months was 492.5 per 1,000 residents and was 104.8% 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 Shoplifting with 63 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 61 (≈ 182.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hampden Road (CH42 5LH), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 92 crimes here, including 19 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 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Town Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Yelverton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wycherley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Marquis Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Kingsdown Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsdown Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Church Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsdown Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Allerton Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Allerton Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lightbound Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lightbound Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lightbound Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Astonwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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