Total Crime Rate
84.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Acuba Grove area has the 56th lowest crime rate of 111 local areas in Birkenhead and Tranmere , and the 326th highest crime rate of 1,057 local areas in Wirral .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Acuba Grove (CH42 5LY) in the last 12 months was 84.4 per 1,000 residents and was 64.9% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 61.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Acuba Grove (CH42 5LY), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Baytree Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Allerton Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Allerton Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Holt Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Acuba Grove | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Redmond Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Redmond Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsdown Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsdown Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Kingsdown Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Redmond Street | Under investigation |
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