Total Crime Rate

492.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 492.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 188.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 134.3 10/10
  • Drugs 44.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.8 9/10
  • Public order 26.9 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 14.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.9 8/10
  • Other theft 9.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.0 7/10
  • Burglary 6.0 6/10
  • Other crime 6.0 7/10
  • Robbery 6.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hampden Grove 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 Grove (CH42 5LL) 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 Grove (CH42 5LL), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Hampden Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Yelverton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rectory Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Church Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Church Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Marquis Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Kingsdown Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wycherley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Town Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hampden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lightbound Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yelverton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsdown Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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