Total Crime Rate
63.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
51.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Westbank Road area has the 38th lowest crime rate of 109 local areas in Birkenhead and Tranmere , and the 432nd highest crime rate of 1,056 local areas in Wirral .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Westbank Road (CH42 7JP) in the last 12 months was 63.0 per 1,000 residents and was 74.9% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 51.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Westbank Road (CH42 7JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Borough Road, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Westbank Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Prenton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Stuart Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | North Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Prenton Road East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mallory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mallory Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Stuart Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fountain Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Fountain Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parkhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkend Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Everest Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Prenton Road East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Greenbank Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parkhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prentonpark Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prentonpark Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrowby Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parkhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prenton Road East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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