Total Crime Rate

228.7 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 228.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 129.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 33.1 10/10
  • Drugs 33.1 10/10
  • Public order 16.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.3 4/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Other theft 2.8 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Maybank Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 111 local areas in Birkenhead and Tranmere , and the 63rd 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 Maybank Road (CH42 7HQ) in the last 12 months was 228.7 per 1,000 residents and was 4.9% 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 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 146.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Maybank Road (CH42 7HQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Catherines Gardens, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Whalley Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Maybank Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Catherines Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tatton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Fields Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlecombe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Victoria Fields Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sycamore Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whalley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Harrowby Road South Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Maybank Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Catherines Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Victoria Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Elmswood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elmswood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Aspendale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Maybank Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maybank Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlecombe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlecombe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Derby Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Derby Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Derby Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Larch Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Larch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Larch Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft St Catherines Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Raffles Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Raffles Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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