Total Crime Rate
227.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
144.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Harrowby Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 109 local areas in Birkenhead and Tranmere , and the 68th highest crime rate of 1,056 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 Harrowby Road (CH42 7HS) in the last 12 months was 227.1 per 1,000 residents and was 9.7% lower than the Birkenhead and Tranmere average (251.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 144.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harrowby Road (CH42 7HS), the main crime hotspot is near St Catherines Gardens. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fountain Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Seaton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Catherines Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Catherines Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Catherines Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Catherines Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Catherines Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Catherines Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | St Catherines Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Church Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Seaton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Seaton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Harland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Elm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrowby Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Road East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | North Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Derby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Victoria Fields | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Victoria Fields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Greenbank Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Seaton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seaton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Catherines Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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